Bennington-5 State House District
Akashic| Kamala Harris ✓Democratic | 58.0% | 332 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 37.8% | 216 |
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Other | 4.2% | 24 |
County-level results (1 county) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Bennington County, VT | Democratic | D+20.1 |
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Other | Margin | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 58.0%Harris332 | 37.8%Trump216 | 4.2%Kennedy24 | 572 | ||
| D | 62.1%Biden351 | 34.7%Trump196 | 3.2%Jorgensen18 | 565 | ||
| D | 54.8%Clinton263 | 34.2%Trump164 | 11.0%Johnson53 | 480 | ||
| D | 65.4%Obama318 | 32.3%Romney157 | 2.3%Johnson11 | 486 | ||
| D | 65.5%Obama346 | 32.0%McCain169 | 2.5%Nader13 | 528 | ||
| D | 58.2%Kerry306 | 39.9%Bush210 | 1.9%Nader10 | 526 | ||
| D | 51.0%Gore249 | 41.2%Bush201 | 7.8%Nader38 | 488 | ||
| D | 50.4%Clinton225 | 32.3%Dole144 | 17.3%Perot77 | 446 | ||
| D | 44.9%Clinton226 | 32.4%Bush163 | 22.7%Perot114 | 503 | ||
| R | 45.6%Dukakis198 | 53.5%Bush232 | 0.9%Scattering4 | 434 | ||
| R | 39.6%Mondale167 | 59.2%Reagan250 | 1.2%Bergland5 | 422 | ||
| R | 39.1%Carter148 | 44.3%Reagan168 | 16.6%Anderson63 | 379 | ||
| R | 43.9%Carter150 | 54.1%Ford185 | 2.0%McCarthy7 | 342 | ||
| R | 38.7%McGovern133 | 60.5%Nixon208 | 0.9%Schmitz3 | 344 | ||
| R | 43.5%Humphrey137 | 52.4%Nixon165 | 4.1%Wallace13 | 315 | ||
| D | 65.3%Johnson203 | 34.7%Goldwater108 | 0.0% | 311 | ||
| R | 38.8%Kennedy124 | 61.3%Nixon196 | 0.0% | 320 | ||
| R | 24.4%Stevenson75 | 75.6%Eisenhower233 | 0.0% | 308 | ||
| R | 26.3%Stevenson83 | 73.4%Eisenhower232 | 0.3%Hallinan1 | 316 | ||
| R | 35.5%Truman92 | 62.2%Dewey161 | 2.3%Thurmond6 | 259 | ||
| R | 41.3%Roosevelt102 | 58.7%Dewey145 | 0.0% | 247 | ||
| R | 42.3%Roosevelt119 | 57.3%Willkie161 | 0.4%Thomas1 | 281 | ||
| R | 42.3%Roosevelt115 | 55.9%Landon152 | 1.8%Lemke5 | 272 | ||
| R | 41.9%Roosevelt109 | 55.8%Hoover145 | 2.3%Thomas6 | 260 | ||
| R | 36.5%Smith97 | 63.5%Hoover169 | 0.0% | 266 | ||
| R | 19.8%Davis40 | 72.8%Coolidge147 | 7.4%La Follette15 | 202 | ||
| R | 28.0%Cox45 | 71.4%Harding115 | 0.6%Debs1 | 161 | ||
| R | 37.0%Wilson44 | 60.5%Hughes72 | 2.5%Benson3 | 119 | ||
| O | 25.9%Wilson29 | 35.7%Taft40 | 38.4%Roosevelt43 | 112 | ||
| R | 22.8%Bryan21 | 73.9%Taft68 | 3.3%Debs3 | 92 | ||
| R | 23.3%Parker21 | 74.4%Roosevelt67 | 2.2%Debs2 | 90 | ||
| R | 24.2%Bryan24 | 74.7%McKinley74 | 1.0%Woolley1 | 99 | ||
| R | 17.0%Bryan18 | 80.2%McKinley85 | 2.8%Palmer3 | 106 | ||
| R | 34.0%Cleveland32 | 64.9%Harrison61 | 1.1%Weaver1 | 94 | ||
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| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −30.9% |
| 1896 | −63.2% |
| 1900 | −50.5% |
| 1904 | −51.1% |
| 1908 | −51.1% |
| 1912 | −9.8% |
| 1916 | −23.5% |
| 1920 | −43.5% |
| 1924 | −53.0% |
| 1928 | −27.1% |
| 1932 | −13.8% |
| 1936 | −13.6% |
| 1940 | −14.9% |
| 1944 | −17.4% |
| 1948 | −26.6% |
| 1952 | −47.2% |
| 1956 | −51.3% |
| 1960 | −22.5% |
| 1964 | +30.5% |
| 1968 | −8.9% |
| 1972 | −21.8% |
| 1976 | −10.2% |
| 1980 | −5.3% |
| 1984 | −19.7% |
| 1988 | −7.8% |
| 1992 | +12.5% |
| 1996 | +18.2% |
| 2000 | +9.8% |
| 2004 | +18.3% |
| 2008 | +33.5% |
| 2012 | +33.1% |
| 2016 | +20.6% |
| 2020 | +27.4% |
| 2024 | +20.3% |
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Bennington-5 covers a slice of southwestern Vermont with a population just over 8,000, and its 2024 presidential margin of D+18.2 reflects the broader leftward tilt that has defined this corner of the state for over a decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.5 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 63.2 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.3 points.
A population of 8,144, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,701 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bennington-2 State House District and Bennington-4 State House District.
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