Bennington-2 State House District
Akashic| Kamala Harris ✓Democratic | 57.9% | 594 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 37.8% | 388 |
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Other | 4.3% | 44 |
County-level results (1 county) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Bennington County, VT | Democratic | D+20.1 |
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Other | Margin | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 57.9%Harris594 | 37.8%Trump388 | 4.3%Kennedy44 | 1,026 | ||
| D | 62.1%Biden629 | 34.7%Trump352 | 3.2%Jorgensen32 | 1,013 | ||
| D | 54.8%Clinton472 | 34.0%Trump293 | 11.1%Johnson96 | 861 | ||
| D | 65.4%Obama570 | 32.4%Romney282 | 2.2%Johnson19 | 871 | ||
| D | 65.5%Obama620 | 32.1%McCain304 | 2.4%Nader23 | 947 | ||
| D | 58.1%Kerry548 | 39.9%Bush377 | 2.0%Nader19 | 944 | ||
| D | 51.1%Gore447 | 41.3%Bush361 | 7.7%Nader67 | 875 | ||
| D | 50.4%Clinton403 | 32.4%Dole259 | 17.3%Perot138 | 800 | ||
| D | 44.9%Clinton405 | 32.4%Bush292 | 22.7%Perot205 | 902 | ||
| R | 45.6%Dukakis355 | 53.3%Bush415 | 1.2%Scattering9 | 779 | ||
| R | 39.5%Mondale299 | 59.0%Reagan447 | 1.5%Bergland11 | 757 | ||
| R | 39.0%Carter265 | 44.5%Reagan302 | 16.5%Anderson112 | 679 | ||
| R | 44.0%Carter270 | 54.2%Ford332 | 1.8%McCarthy11 | 613 | ||
| R | 38.6%McGovern238 | 60.5%Nixon373 | 1.0%Schmitz6 | 617 | ||
| R | 43.5%Humphrey246 | 52.2%Nixon295 | 4.2%Wallace24 | 565 | ||
| D | 65.4%Johnson364 | 34.6%Goldwater193 | 0.0% | 557 | ||
| R | 38.8%Kennedy223 | 61.2%Nixon352 | 0.0% | 575 | ||
| R | 24.5%Stevenson135 | 75.7%Eisenhower418 | 0.0% | 552 | ||
| R | 26.3%Stevenson149 | 73.3%Eisenhower415 | 0.4%Hallinan2 | 566 | ||
| R | 35.6%Truman165 | 62.3%Dewey289 | 2.2%Thurmond10 | 464 | ||
| R | 41.4%Roosevelt184 | 58.6%Dewey260 | 0.0% | 444 | ||
| R | 42.3%Roosevelt213 | 57.3%Willkie289 | 0.4%Thomas2 | 504 | ||
| R | 42.3%Roosevelt206 | 56.1%Landon273 | 1.6%Lemke8 | 487 | ||
| R | 42.1%Roosevelt196 | 55.8%Hoover260 | 2.1%Thomas10 | 466 | ||
| R | 36.3%Smith173 | 63.5%Hoover303 | 0.2%Thomas1 | 477 | ||
| R | 20.1%Davis73 | 72.7%Coolidge264 | 7.2%La Follette26 | 363 | ||
| R | 27.7%Cox80 | 71.6%Harding207 | 0.7%Debs2 | 289 | ||
| R | 37.1%Wilson79 | 60.6%Hughes129 | 2.3%Benson5 | 213 | ||
| O | 25.9%Wilson52 | 35.8%Taft72 | 38.3%Roosevelt77 | 201 | ||
| R | 22.4%Bryan37 | 73.3%Taft121 | 4.2%Debs7 | 165 | ||
| R | 23.0%Parker37 | 74.5%Roosevelt120 | 2.5%Debs4 | 161 | ||
| R | 24.3%Bryan43 | 74.6%McKinley132 | 1.1%Woolley2 | 177 | ||
| R | 16.8%Bryan32 | 80.5%McKinley153 | 2.6%Palmer5 | 190 | ||
| R | 33.7%Cleveland57 | 64.5%Harrison109 | 1.8%Weaver3 | 169 | ||
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| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −30.8% |
| 1896 | −63.7% |
| 1900 | −50.3% |
| 1904 | −51.6% |
| 1908 | −50.9% |
| 1912 | −10.0% |
| 1916 | −23.5% |
| 1920 | −43.9% |
| 1924 | −52.6% |
| 1928 | −27.3% |
| 1932 | −13.7% |
| 1936 | −13.8% |
| 1940 | −15.1% |
| 1944 | −17.1% |
| 1948 | −26.7% |
| 1952 | −47.0% |
| 1956 | −51.3% |
| 1960 | −22.4% |
| 1964 | +30.7% |
| 1968 | −8.7% |
| 1972 | −21.9% |
| 1976 | −10.1% |
| 1980 | −5.4% |
| 1984 | −19.6% |
| 1988 | −7.7% |
| 1992 | +12.5% |
| 1996 | +18.0% |
| 2000 | +9.8% |
| 2004 | +18.1% |
| 2008 | +33.4% |
| 2012 | +33.1% |
| 2016 | +20.8% |
| 2020 | +27.3% |
| 2024 | +20.1% |
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Bennington-2 covers a modest slice of southwestern Vermont's Bennington County, where the 2024 presidential vote landed 21.7 points left of center — a margin consistent with the region's durable Democratic lean in statewide contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.4 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 63.7 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.1 points.
A population of 8,078, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,367 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bennington-4 State House District and Bennington-5 State House District.
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