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1876–2024
Chittenden County, Vermont
Chittenden County·Vermont

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

Vermont's most populous county tilts Democratic by 53 points

18762024·38 elections
Chittenden County, Vermont · Mfwills · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+53
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
169,758
2024 ACS
Most similar
Washtenaw County
MI · similarity 1.00
16 precincts · 95,715 votes cast
Harris · D+53
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+53.0%
70,91920,23595,715
2020D
+54.5%
74,96121,01798,915
2016D
+43.4%
54,81418,60183,416
2012D
+41.6%
53,62621,57177,080
2008D
+44.8%
59,61122,23783,440
2004D
+29.5%
49,36926,42277,696
2000D
+18.1%
39,15626,10572,017
1996D
+27.1%
36,29919,02063,860
1992D
+23.1%
35,31419,09370,121
1988D
+3.1%
29,18527,38057,346
1984R
−9.6%
24,83030,21755,845
1980D
+1.4%
18,96718,31046,943
1976R
−9.7%
17,99222,01341,356
1972R
−17.4%
16,16323,06339,703
1968D
+5.6%
16,42014,62132,250
1964D
+41.4%
21,8179,05030,867
1960D
+12.9%
16,95913,07230,031
1956R
−14.8%
10,47414,10824,582
1952R
−16.2%
9,74613,53323,385
1948D
+2.2%
8,9038,50917,739
1944D
+17.9%
10,7887,51318,301
1940D
+16.5%
11,0697,92619,061
1936D
+17.1%
10,9627,75718,775
1932D
+11.5%
9,1047,20816,435
1928D
+5.2%
9,0528,15617,235
1924R
−47.4%
2,6588,00811,286
1920R
−33.6%
3,5647,21510,865
1916R
−15.2%
2,7723,7866,660
1912R
−1.6%
2,2662,3686,435
1908R
−38.7%
1,6503,8065,573
1904R
−44.3%
1,4323,8485,450
1900R
−35.9%
1,8223,9075,809
1896R
−52.8%
1,4164,7436,302
1892R
−26.8%
1,9523,4185,462
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
1.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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
30.6%
Other Christian
12.2%
Non-Christian
4.3%
Mainline Protestant
2.4%
Baptist
2.2%
Methodist
1.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Burlington and the University of Vermont, Chittenden County concentrates roughly a quarter of Vermont's population in a college-anchored urban core that has posted the state's widest presidential margins for over a decade.

The Democratic margin in Chittenden County reached its widest at fifty-five points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was fifty-three points — still decisive.

Chittenden County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $96,759, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 169,758 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 Washtenaw County and Clarke County.