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1876–2024
Bennington County, Vermont
Bennington County·Vermont

Bennington County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

A rural Vermont county that votes blue by double digits

18762024·38 elections
Bennington County, Vermont · The original uploader was Redjar at English Wikipedia. · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+20
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
37,269
2024 ACS
Most similar
Lamoille County
VT · similarity 0.99
16 precincts · 20,726 votes cast
Harris · D+20
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+20.1%
12,0057,83020,726
2020D
+27.3%
12,7057,11420,462
2016D
+20.8%
9,5395,92517,381
2012D
+33.1%
11,5145,68717,593
2008D
+33.4%
12,5246,13319,129
2004D
+18.1%
11,0697,61619,065
2000D
+9.8%
9,0217,28417,677
1996D
+18.0%
8,1395,22916,152
1992D
+12.5%
8,1785,89518,216
1988R
−7.7%
7,1748,38715,725
1984R
−19.6%
6,0399,03515,284
1980R
−5.3%
5,3616,09113,721
1976R
−10.2%
5,4436,71212,387
1972R
−22.0%
4,8047,54212,453
1968R
−8.8%
4,9665,96711,416
1964D
+30.8%
7,3593,89511,254
1960R
−22.4%
4,5027,09911,602
1956R
−51.2%
2,7198,43411,157
1952R
−46.9%
3,0188,38511,437
1948R
−26.7%
3,3405,8409,374
1944R
−17.2%
3,7095,2528,961
1940R
−15.1%
4,3085,84510,180
1936R
−13.7%
4,1665,5159,834
1932R
−13.7%
3,9645,2509,416
1928R
−27.2%
3,4986,1149,630
1924R
−52.9%
1,4665,3417,325
1920R
−43.8%
1,6154,1725,841
1916R
−23.5%
1,5902,6024,308
1912R
−10.0%
1,0571,4644,055
1908R
−51.2%
7482,4533,330
1904R
−51.4%
7452,4193,256
1900R
−50.2%
8712,6663,575
1896R
−63.3%
6563,0863,839
1892R
−30.4%
1,1552,1963,420
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
1.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
22.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.5%
Other Christian
4.8%
Baptist
2.7%
Non-Christian
1.7%
Methodist
0.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Despite its small-town and agricultural character, Bennington County has delivered consistent Democratic presidential margins above 20 points, reflecting a broader leftward shift across Vermont's once-competitive southern counties.

The Democratic margin in Bennington County reached its widest at thirty-three points in 2008. The margin in 2024 was twenty points — still decisive.

Bennington County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $73,325, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 37,269 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lamoille County and Windsor County.