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1876–2024
Rutland County, Vermont
Rutland County·Vermont

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

A once-reliably Republican county now trending Democratic by slim margins

18762024·38 elections
Rutland County, Vermont · Magicpiano · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+6
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
60,425
2024 ACS
Most similar
Hancock County
ME · similarity 0.95
26 precincts · 34,312 votes cast
Harris · D+6
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+6.1%
17,47815,37734,312
2020D
+10.5%
18,23014,67233,970
2016D
+3.9%
13,63512,47929,615
2012D
+21.9%
17,08810,83528,609
2008D
+24.6%
19,35511,58431,617
2004D
+4.7%
15,90414,44030,975
2000D
+1.5%
13,99013,54629,362
1996D
+12.1%
13,2309,93427,229
1992D
+6.0%
12,82910,96331,144
1988R
−11.4%
11,49614,48226,261
1984R
−22.8%
9,54515,23624,985
1980R
−6.4%
9,59611,14224,234
1976R
−7.8%
9,86811,56521,819
1972R
−26.1%
8,26114,14322,563
1968R
−6.5%
9,00010,31820,127
1964D
+29.8%
13,2417,16520,406
1960R
−13.6%
9,24612,16621,412
1956R
−47.7%
5,16514,57019,735
1952R
−40.1%
5,97013,98019,986
1948R
−22.3%
6,45210,20616,853
1944R
−14.6%
7,1119,54416,655
1940R
−10.3%
8,79810,82919,681
1936R
−6.1%
9,54310,79420,391
1932R
−9.5%
8,92410,82119,951
1928R
−18.9%
8,60912,62121,262
1924R
−57.0%
2,47710,64214,320
1920R
−47.0%
3,1928,94012,229
1916R
−35.2%
2,7855,9268,932
1912R
−11.1%
2,0792,9998,324
1908R
−55.0%
1,5425,6437,454
1904R
−58.9%
1,3675,7727,484
1900R
−50.9%
1,8745,9017,904
1896R
−58.9%
1,6616,7948,710
1892R
−35.5%
2,4265,2107,835
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%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
18.2%
Other Christian
11.5%
Mainline Protestant
3.3%
Non-Christian
2.5%
Baptist
2.3%
Methodist
1.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Rutland County's gradual partisan shift mirrors broader changes across Vermont's rural interior, where an influx of out-of-state transplants and a shrinking manufacturing base have redrawn old voting patterns over the past two decades.

The Democratic margin in Rutland County reached its widest at thirty points in 1964. The margin in 2024 was six points — still decisive.

Rutland County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $68,616, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 60,425 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 Hancock County and Green County.