Vermont At-Large Congressional District (VT) — Elections 1876–2024

Vermont At-Large Congressional District, Vermont: Urban anchor district. In 2024, voted D+32%. Republican peak: R+63 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+32MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Urban anchorAkashic typology
Population: 647,1062024 5-year
Median household income: $82,1762024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 90.7%2024 5-year
Black: 1.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 2.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+37 in 2008MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+63 in 1896MIT Election Lab

BALINT, BeccaCongress 119 · Democratic

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: WELCH, Peter (2021–2023), WELCH, Peter (2019–2021), WELCH, Peter (2017–2019), WELCH, Peter (2015–2017)

Source · Voteview / Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal et al. (CC-BY).

2024 results by constituent county

14 counties · 12 D · 2 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+31.6%	236,598	118,804	372,835
2020	D	+35.4%	242,820	112,704	367,428
2016	D	+26.4%	178,573	95,369	315,067
2012	D	+35.6%	199,239	92,698	299,290
2008	D	+37.0%	219,262	98,974	325,046
2004	D	+20.1%	184,067	121,180	312,309
2000	D	+9.9%	149,022	119,775	294,308
1996	D	+22.3%	137,894	80,352	258,449
1992	D	+15.7%	133,592	88,122	289,701
1988	R	−3.5%	115,775	124,331	243,333
1984	R	−17.1%	95,730	135,865	234,446
1980	R	−6.0%	81,891	94,598	213,207
1976	R	−11.2%	81,044	102,085	187,855
1972	R	−26.2%	68,174	117,149	186,946
1968	R	−9.2%	70,255	85,142	161,404
1964	D	+32.6%	108,127	54,942	163,089
1960	R	−17.3%	69,186	98,131	167,324
1956	R	−44.3%	42,549	110,390	152,978
1952	R	−43.2%	43,355	109,717	153,557
1948	R	−24.6%	45,557	75,926	123,382
1944	R	−14.1%	53,820	71,527	125,361
1940	R	−9.9%	64,269	78,371	143,062
1936	R	−13.2%	62,124	81,023	143,689
1932	R	−16.6%	56,266	78,984	136,980
1928	R	−34.0%	44,440	90,404	135,191
1924	R	−62.5%	16,124	80,498	102,917
1920	R	−52.6%	20,919	68,212	89,961
1916	R	−27.2%	22,708	40,250	64,475
1912	O	−12.7%	15,350	23,303	62,805
1908	R	−53.3%	11,496	39,552	52,683
1904	R	−59.1%	9,777	40,459	51,888
1900	R	−52.9%	12,849	42,569	56,212
1896	R	−63.4%	10,640	51,127	63,847
1892	R	−38.8%	16,325	37,992	55,796
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Congressional elections · 17 Senate races

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	D %	R %	Total
2024	O	0.0%	31.2%	372,885
2022	D	68.4%	28.0%	287,386
2018	O	0.0%	27.4%	272,624
2016	D	60.0%	32.3%	320,467
2012	O	0.0%	24.9%	292,762
2010	D	64.3%	30.9%	235,178
2006	O	0.0%	32.4%	262,419
2004	D	70.6%	24.5%	307,208
2000	R	25.4%	65.6%	288,500
1998	D	72.2%	22.4%	214,036
1994	R	40.6%	50.3%	211,672
1992	D	54.2%	43.3%	285,739
1988	R	29.8%	68.0%	240,108
1986	D	63.2%	34.5%	196,532
1982	R	47.2%	50.3%	168,002
1980	D	49.8%	48.5%	209,124
1976	R	45.3%	50.0%	189,060

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

English

19.1%

Irish

16.8%

German

10.7%

French

8.6%

Italian

7.4%

American

7.0%

Scottish

2.3%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 43.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.3%

2.8%

75–84

3.5%

6.3%

65–74

6.7%

7.1%

55–64

7.4%

6.0%

45–54

5.9%

6.1%

35–44

6.2%

6.0%

25–34

5.8%

5.1%

18–24

4.9%

7.0%

5–17

6.6%

2.2%

2.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$82,176

Congressional District (at Large) ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District (at Large)$82,176

Vermont$81,203

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.0%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 1810.7%

Working age (18–64)9.9%

Seniors (65+)9.8%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

94.5%

speak English only

Other Indo-European3.0%

Spanish1.3%

Asian & Pacific Islander0.9%

Other languages0.3%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

20.9%

Other Christian

7.3%

Mainline Protestant

3.1%

Non-Christian

2.5%

Baptist

1.8%

Methodist

1.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

As an at-large district, Vermont sends one representative to speak for a politically unified electorate that broke D+32.7 in 2024 — one of the widest presidential margins of any congressional seat in the country.

The Democratic margin in Vermont At-Large Congressional District has been steady. It reached its modern peak at thirty-seven points in 2008; the 2024 margin was thirty-two points, still in line with the district's long pattern.

Its political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $82,176, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District (at Large), Vermont vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District (at Large), Vermont voted Democratic by 31.6 points (D+32), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 372,835 votes cast, 236,598 went Democratic and 118,804 went Republican.

What is Congressional District (at Large), Vermont's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District (at Large), Vermont as a "Urban anchor" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 10 times, Republican 23 times, and other 1 times.

When did Congressional District (at Large), Vermont last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District (at Large), Vermont voted Republican was 1988.

How many people live in Congressional District (at Large), Vermont?

Congressional District (at Large), Vermont has a population of 647,106 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District (at Large), Vermont?

Median household income in Congressional District (at Large), Vermont is $82,176 — above the national median of $80,734. The Vermont state median is $81,203.

What is the political history of Congressional District (at Large), Vermont?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District (at Large), Vermont from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 23 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Urban anchor" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Vermont At-Large Congressional District has voted Democratic by double digits in every cycle this century.

Key facts

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