Franklin-8 State House District
Akashic| Kamala Harris ✓Democratic | 49.2% | 61 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 46.8% | 58 |
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Other | 4.0% | 5 |
County-level results (1 county) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin County, VT | Democratic | D+2.9 |
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Other | Margin | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 49.2%Harris61 | 46.8%Trump58 | 4.0%Kennedy5 | 124 | ||
| D | 52.9%Biden64 | 43.8%Trump53 | 3.3%Jorgensen4 | 121 | ||
| D | 44.0%Clinton44 | 41.0%Trump41 | 15.0%Johnson15 | 100 | ||
| D | 61.3%Obama57 | 37.6%Romney35 | 1.1%Johnson1 | 93 | ||
| D | 61.4%Obama62 | 36.6%McCain37 | 2.0%Nader2 | 101 | ||
| D | 53.8%Kerry50 | 45.2%Bush42 | 1.1%Nader1 | 93 | ||
| D | 50.0%Gore45 | 43.3%Bush39 | 6.7%Nader6 | 90 | ||
| D | 53.9%Clinton41 | 28.9%Dole22 | 17.1%Perot13 | 76 | ||
| D | 43.2%Clinton38 | 29.5%Bush26 | 27.3%Perot24 | 88 | ||
| D | 50.0%Dukakis35 | 48.6%Bush34 | 1.4%Scattering1 | 70 | ||
| R | 39.7%Mondale27 | 60.3%Reagan41 | 0.0% | 68 | ||
| O | 44.4%Carter28 | 44.4%Reagan28 | 11.1%Anderson7 | 63 | ||
| R | 46.4%Carter26 | 51.8%Ford29 | 1.8%McCarthy1 | 56 | ||
| R | 31.6%McGovern18 | 66.7%Nixon38 | 1.8%Schmitz1 | 57 | ||
| D | 50.9%Humphrey28 | 43.6%Nixon24 | 5.5%Wallace3 | 55 | ||
| D | 71.9%Johnson41 | 26.3%Goldwater15 | 1.8%Hass1 | 57 | ||
| D | 56.9%Kennedy33 | 44.8%Nixon26 | 0.0% | 58 | ||
| R | 41.1%Stevenson23 | 58.9%Eisenhower33 | 0.0% | 56 | ||
| R | 42.9%Stevenson24 | 58.9%Eisenhower33 | 0.0% | 56 | ||
| D | 53.1%Truman26 | 46.9%Dewey23 | 0.0% | 49 | ||
| D | 57.1%Roosevelt28 | 42.9%Dewey21 | 0.0% | 49 | ||
| D | 58.3%Roosevelt35 | 41.7%Willkie25 | 0.0% | 60 | ||
| D | 55.2%Roosevelt32 | 44.8%Landon26 | 0.0% | 58 | ||
| D | 54.7%Roosevelt29 | 43.4%Hoover23 | 1.9%Thomas1 | 53 | ||
| R | 48.1%Smith26 | 51.9%Hoover28 | 0.0% | 54 | ||
| R | 25.0%Davis8 | 68.8%Coolidge22 | 6.3%La Follette2 | 32 | ||
| R | 32.4%Cox11 | 67.6%Harding23 | 0.0% | 34 | ||
| R | 43.5%Wilson10 | 56.5%Hughes13 | 0.0% | 23 | ||
| R | 30.0%Wilson6 | 35.0%Taft7 | 35.0%Roosevelt7 | 20 | ||
| R | 29.4%Bryan5 | 64.7%Taft11 | 5.9%Debs1 | 17 | ||
| R | 25.0%Parker4 | 75.0%Roosevelt12 | 0.0% | 16 | ||
| R | 31.6%Bryan6 | 68.4%McKinley13 | 0.0% | 19 | ||
| R | 22.7%Bryan5 | 72.7%McKinley16 | 4.5%Palmer1 | 22 | ||
| R | 31.6%Cleveland6 | 63.2%Harrison12 | 5.3%Weaver1 | 19 | ||
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| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −31.6% |
| 1896 | −50.0% |
| 1900 | −36.8% |
| 1904 | −50.0% |
| 1908 | −35.3% |
| 1912 | −5.0% |
| 1916 | −13.0% |
| 1920 | −35.3% |
| 1924 | −43.8% |
| 1928 | −3.7% |
| 1932 | +11.3% |
| 1936 | +10.3% |
| 1940 | +16.7% |
| 1944 | +14.3% |
| 1948 | +6.1% |
| 1952 | −16.1% |
| 1956 | −17.9% |
| 1960 | +12.1% |
| 1964 | +45.6% |
| 1968 | +7.3% |
| 1972 | −35.1% |
| 1976 | −5.4% |
| 1980 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | −20.6% |
| 1988 | +1.4% |
| 1992 | +13.6% |
| 1996 | +25.0% |
| 2000 | +6.7% |
| 2004 | +8.6% |
| 2008 | +24.8% |
| 2012 | +23.7% |
| 2016 | +3.0% |
| 2020 | +9.1% |
| 2024 | +2.4% |
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
The district recorded a Democratic presidential margin of D+2.4 in 2024 and D+24.8 in 2008, switching sides at least once in between. About 240 residents lived here as of the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 45.6 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 50.0 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.4 points.
A population of 4,631, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,581 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Franklin-2 State House District and Franklin-3 State House District.
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