Chittenden-8 State House District
Akashic| Kamala Harris ✓Democratic | 74.1% | 1,393 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 21.1% | 397 |
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Other | 4.8% | 90 |
County-level results (1 county) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Chittenden County, VT | Democratic | D+53.0 |
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Other | Margin | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 74.1%Harris1,393 | 21.1%Trump397 | 4.8%Kennedy90 | 1,880 | ||
| D | 75.8%Biden1,472 | 21.3%Trump413 | 3.0%Jorgensen58 | 1,943 | ||
| D | 65.7%Clinton1,076 | 22.3%Trump365 | 12.0%Johnson197 | 1,638 | ||
| D | 69.6%Obama1,053 | 28.0%Romney424 | 2.4%Johnson37 | 1,514 | ||
| D | 71.4%Obama1,171 | 26.7%McCain437 | 1.9%Nader31 | 1,639 | ||
| D | 63.6%Kerry970 | 34.0%Bush519 | 2.4%Nader37 | 1,526 | ||
| D | 54.4%Gore769 | 36.3%Bush513 | 9.3%Nader132 | 1,414 | ||
| D | 56.9%Clinton713 | 29.8%Dole374 | 13.3%Perot167 | 1,254 | ||
| D | 50.4%Clinton694 | 27.2%Bush375 | 22.4%Perot308 | 1,377 | ||
| D | 50.9%Dukakis573 | 47.8%Bush538 | 1.3%Scattering15 | 1,126 | ||
| R | 44.5%Mondale488 | 54.1%Reagan593 | 1.5%Bergland16 | 1,097 | ||
| D | 40.3%Carter372 | 39.0%Reagan360 | 20.6%Anderson190 | 922 | ||
| R | 43.5%Carter353 | 53.2%Ford432 | 3.3%McCarthy27 | 812 | ||
| R | 40.6%McGovern317 | 58.1%Nixon453 | 1.3%Schmitz10 | 780 | ||
| D | 50.9%Humphrey322 | 45.3%Nixon287 | 3.8%Wallace24 | 633 | ||
| D | 70.6%Johnson428 | 29.4%Goldwater178 | 0.0% | 606 | ||
| D | 56.4%Kennedy333 | 43.6%Nixon257 | 0.0% | 590 | ||
| R | 42.7%Stevenson206 | 57.3%Eisenhower277 | 0.0% | 483 | ||
| R | 41.6%Stevenson191 | 58.0%Eisenhower266 | 0.4%Hallinan2 | 459 | ||
| D | 50.3%Truman175 | 48.0%Dewey167 | 1.7%Thurmond6 | 348 | ||
| D | 59.1%Roosevelt212 | 41.2%Dewey148 | 0.0% | 359 | ||
| D | 58.0%Roosevelt217 | 41.7%Willkie156 | 0.3%Thomas1 | 374 | ||
| D | 58.3%Roosevelt215 | 41.2%Landon152 | 0.5%Lemke2 | 369 | ||
| D | 55.4%Roosevelt179 | 44.0%Hoover142 | 0.6%Thomas2 | 323 | ||
| D | 52.7%Smith178 | 47.3%Hoover160 | 0.0% | 338 | ||
| R | 23.4%Davis52 | 70.7%Coolidge157 | 5.9%La Follette13 | 222 | ||
| R | 32.9%Cox70 | 66.7%Harding142 | 0.5%Debs1 | 213 | ||
| R | 41.2%Wilson54 | 56.5%Hughes74 | 2.3%Benson3 | 131 | ||
| R | 35.7%Wilson45 | 37.3%Taft47 | 27.0%Roosevelt34 | 126 | ||
| R | 29.4%Bryan32 | 68.8%Taft75 | 1.8%Debs2 | 109 | ||
| R | 26.2%Parker28 | 71.0%Roosevelt76 | 2.8%Debs3 | 107 | ||
| R | 31.6%Bryan36 | 67.5%McKinley77 | 0.9%Woolley1 | 114 | ||
| R | 22.6%Bryan28 | 75.0%McKinley93 | 2.4%Palmer3 | 124 | ||
| R | 35.5%Cleveland38 | 62.6%Harrison67 | 1.9%Weaver2 | 107 | ||
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| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −27.1% |
| 1896 | −52.4% |
| 1900 | −36.0% |
| 1904 | −44.9% |
| 1908 | −39.4% |
| 1912 | −1.6% |
| 1916 | −15.3% |
| 1920 | −33.8% |
| 1924 | −47.3% |
| 1928 | +5.3% |
| 1932 | +11.5% |
| 1936 | +17.1% |
| 1940 | +16.3% |
| 1944 | +17.8% |
| 1948 | +2.3% |
| 1952 | −16.3% |
| 1956 | −14.7% |
| 1960 | +12.9% |
| 1964 | +41.3% |
| 1968 | +5.5% |
| 1972 | −17.4% |
| 1976 | −9.7% |
| 1980 | +1.3% |
| 1984 | −9.6% |
| 1988 | +3.1% |
| 1992 | +23.2% |
| 1996 | +27.0% |
| 2000 | +18.1% |
| 2004 | +29.6% |
| 2008 | +44.8% |
| 2012 | +41.5% |
| 2016 | +43.4% |
| 2020 | +54.5% |
| 2024 | +53.0% |
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Chittenden-8 is a small Statehouse district where the 2024 presidential contest finished nearly 60 points left of center, placing it among the most one-sided constituencies in the state.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 54.5 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 52.4 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 53.0 points.
A population of 4,230, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $163,586 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chittenden-9 State House District and Chittenden-12 State House District.
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