Orleans-2 State House District, Vermont: Tossup district. In 2024, voted R+1%. Republican peak: R+77 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+1MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- TossupAkashic typology
- Population
- 2912024 5-year
- Median household income
- $70,1032024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+27 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+77 in 1904MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Orleans-2 State House District, VTOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 71 | 72 | 150 | ||
| D | 75 | 69 | 149 | ||
| D | 55 | 54 | 127 | ||
| D | 75 | 45 | 123 | ||
| D | 84 | 47 | 135 | ||
| D | 67 | 60 | 129 | ||
| R | 58 | 61 | 128 | ||
| D | 54 | 33 | 105 | ||
| D | 50 | 38 | 122 | ||
| R | 45 | 55 | 101 | ||
| R | 35 | 63 | 99 | ||
| R | 39 | 47 | 97 | ||
| R | 38 | 43 | 82 | ||
| R | 29 | 52 | 82 | ||
| R | 29 | 43 | 75 | ||
| D | 52 | 32 | 83 | ||
| R | 35 | 53 | 88 | ||
| R | 22 | 56 | 78 | ||
| R | 21 | 62 | 83 | ||
| R | 23 | 40 | 63 | ||
| R | 28 | 40 | 68 | ||
| R | 35 | 47 | 82 | ||
| R | 28 | 53 | 81 | ||
| R | 27 | 54 | 82 | ||
| R | 14 | 59 | 73 | ||
| R | 7 | 53 | 62 | ||
| R | 8 | 46 | 55 | ||
| R | 11 | 29 | 41 | ||
| O | 7 | 16 | 43 | ||
| R | 4 | 27 | 31 | ||
| R | 3 | 27 | 31 | ||
| R | 5 | 29 | 34 | ||
| R | 5 | 36 | 42 | ||
| R | 7 | 25 | 33 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
14.4%
Irish
12.1%
American
8.1%
German
7.7%
French
7.7%
Italian
4.1%
Scottish
3.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 45.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$70,103
Orleans-2 State House District ranks near the middle of US counties.
Orleans-2 State House District$70,103
Vermont$81,203
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.7%
Working age (18–64)10.9%
Seniors (65+)12.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.1%
speak English only
Other Indo-European4.3%
Spanish0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 75.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Orleans-2 covers a sparsely populated stretch of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, where a D+15 presidential margin coexists with the independent-minded political culture typical of the region's small towns and working farms.
The district's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached twenty-seven points in 2008; the Republican margin reached seventy-seven points in 1904. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.
Its demographics — a population of 291, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $70,103 — situate the district close to national averages on several dimensions.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Orleans-2 State House District, Vermont vote in 2024?
In 2024, Orleans-2 State House District, Vermont voted Republican by 0.7 points (R+1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 150 votes cast, 71 went Democratic and 72 went Republican.
What is Orleans-2 State House District, Vermont's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Orleans-2 State House District, Vermont as a "Tossup" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 8 times, Republican 25 times, and other 1 times.
When did Orleans-2 State House District, Vermont last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Orleans-2 State House District, Vermont voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Orleans-2 State House District, Vermont?
Orleans-2 State House District, Vermont has a population of 291 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Orleans-2 State House District, Vermont?
Median household income in Orleans-2 State House District, Vermont is $70,103 — below the national median of $80,734. The Vermont state median is $81,203.
What is the political history of Orleans-2 State House District, Vermont?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Orleans-2 State House District, Vermont from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Tossup" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.