Orleans-2 State House District
Akashic| Donald Trump ✓Republican | 48.0% | 72 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala HarrisDemocratic | 47.3% | 71 |
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Other | 4.7% | 7 |
County-level results (1 county) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Orleans County, VT | Republican | R+0.5 |
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Other | Margin | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 47.3%Harris71 | 48.0%Trump72 | 4.7%Kennedy7 | 150 | ||
| D | 50.3%Biden75 | 46.3%Trump69 | 3.4%Jorgensen5 | 149 | ||
| D | 43.3%Clinton55 | 42.5%Trump54 | 14.2%Johnson18 | 127 | ||
| D | 61.0%Obama75 | 36.6%Romney45 | 2.4%Johnson3 | 123 | ||
| D | 62.2%Obama84 | 34.8%McCain47 | 3.0%Nader4 | 135 | ||
| D | 51.9%Kerry67 | 46.5%Bush60 | 1.6%Nader2 | 129 | ||
| R | 45.3%Gore58 | 47.7%Bush61 | 7.0%Nader9 | 128 | ||
| D | 51.4%Clinton54 | 31.4%Dole33 | 17.1%Perot18 | 105 | ||
| D | 41.0%Clinton50 | 31.1%Bush38 | 27.9%Perot34 | 122 | ||
| R | 44.6%Dukakis45 | 54.5%Bush55 | 1.0%Scattering1 | 101 | ||
| R | 35.4%Mondale35 | 63.6%Reagan63 | 1.0%Bergland1 | 99 | ||
| R | 40.2%Carter39 | 48.5%Reagan47 | 11.3%Anderson11 | 97 | ||
| R | 46.3%Carter38 | 52.4%Ford43 | 1.2%McCarthy1 | 82 | ||
| R | 35.4%McGovern29 | 63.4%Nixon52 | 1.2%Schmitz1 | 82 | ||
| R | 38.7%Humphrey29 | 57.3%Nixon43 | 4.0%Wallace3 | 75 | ||
| D | 62.7%Johnson52 | 38.6%Goldwater32 | 0.0% | 83 | ||
| R | 39.8%Kennedy35 | 60.2%Nixon53 | 0.0% | 88 | ||
| R | 28.2%Stevenson22 | 71.8%Eisenhower56 | 0.0% | 78 | ||
| R | 25.3%Stevenson21 | 74.7%Eisenhower62 | 0.0% | 83 | ||
| R | 36.5%Truman23 | 63.5%Dewey40 | 0.0% | 63 | ||
| R | 41.2%Roosevelt28 | 58.8%Dewey40 | 0.0% | 68 | ||
| R | 42.7%Roosevelt35 | 57.3%Willkie47 | 0.0% | 82 | ||
| R | 34.6%Roosevelt28 | 65.4%Landon53 | 0.0% | 81 | ||
| R | 32.9%Roosevelt27 | 65.9%Hoover54 | 1.2%Thomas1 | 82 | ||
| R | 19.2%Smith14 | 80.8%Hoover59 | 0.0% | 73 | ||
| R | 11.3%Davis7 | 85.5%Coolidge53 | 3.2%La Follette2 | 62 | ||
| R | 14.5%Cox8 | 83.6%Harding46 | 1.8%Debs1 | 55 | ||
| R | 26.8%Wilson11 | 70.7%Hughes29 | 2.4%Benson1 | 41 | ||
| O | 16.3%Wilson7 | 37.2%Taft16 | 46.5%Roosevelt20 | 43 | ||
| R | 12.9%Bryan4 | 87.1%Taft27 | 0.0% | 31 | ||
| R | 9.7%Parker3 | 87.1%Roosevelt27 | 3.2%Debs1 | 31 | ||
| R | 14.7%Bryan5 | 85.3%McKinley29 | 0.0% | 34 | ||
| R | 11.9%Bryan5 | 85.7%McKinley36 | 2.4%Palmer1 | 42 | ||
| R | 21.2%Cleveland7 | 75.8%Harrison25 | 3.0%Weaver1 | 33 | ||
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| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −54.5% |
| 1896 | −73.8% |
| 1900 | −70.6% |
| 1904 | −77.4% |
| 1908 | −74.2% |
| 1912 | −20.9% |
| 1916 | −43.9% |
| 1920 | −69.1% |
| 1924 | −74.2% |
| 1928 | −61.6% |
| 1932 | −32.9% |
| 1936 | −30.9% |
| 1940 | −14.6% |
| 1944 | −17.6% |
| 1948 | −27.0% |
| 1952 | −49.4% |
| 1956 | −43.6% |
| 1960 | −20.5% |
| 1964 | +24.1% |
| 1968 | −18.7% |
| 1972 | −28.0% |
| 1976 | −6.1% |
| 1980 | −8.2% |
| 1984 | −28.3% |
| 1988 | −9.9% |
| 1992 | +9.8% |
| 1996 | +20.0% |
| 2000 | −2.3% |
| 2004 | +5.4% |
| 2008 | +27.4% |
| 2012 | +24.4% |
| 2016 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | +4.0% |
| 2024 | −0.7% |
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
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.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 27.4 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 77.4 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.7 points.
A population of 4,455, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,646 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Orleans-3 State House District and Orleans-4 State House District.
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