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Vermont Rutland-2 State House District

Office (updates table and map)

President margin by year

Place winner margin

1876–2024 · D minus R

Full record · 1876 → 2024

2024

Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.

People and households

Who lives here

Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

English19.2%19.1%9.5%

Irish17.9%16.8%9.4%

French9.8%8.6%1.6%

Italian8.7%7.4%4.8%

German8.5%10.7%12.5%

American7.0%7.0%5.3%

Polish5.4%—2.2%

French Canadian4.4%6.2%—

Puerto Rican0.4%0.5%1.8%

Mexican0.2%0.6%11.3%

Spaniard0.2%0.2%—

Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.

Age and life stage

Measure	VT HD 2	Vermont	United States
Median age	49.7	43.4	39.1
Age 18–24	8.0%	10.0%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	24.7%	21.5%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	VT HD 2	Vermont	United States
Median household income	$65,308	$81,203	$84,427
Poverty rate	6.8%	10.0%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	35.3%	44.1%	35.6%

Housing and tenure

Measure	VT HD 2	Vermont	United States
Owner-occupied homes	79.3%	73.2%	65.2%
Renter-occupied homes	20.7%	26.8%	34.8%
Median home value	$230,400	$316,600	$332,700
Median gross rent (monthly)	$976	$1,234	$1,413
Renters paying 30%+ of income	59.5%	48.4%	51.1%
Vacant housing units	10.2%	19.4%	10.1%

Getting to work

Measure	VT HD 2	Vermont	United States
Mean commute	21.0 min	23.5 min	26.4 min
Commutes 60 minutes or more	5.2%	5.9%	8.6%
Drives alone to work	83.9%	68.5%	68.8%
Takes public transit	0.1%	0.8%	3.2%
Works from home	8.8%	16.9%	15.1%

Languages at home

Measure	VT HD 2	Vermont	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	4.2%	5.5%	22.3%
Spanish	1.4%	1.3%	13.6%

Religious landscape

Measure	VT HD 2	Vermont	United States
Catholic	—	20.9%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	—	7.2%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	—	62.4%	51.5%

Origins and service

Measure	VT HD 2	Vermont	United States
Foreign-born residents	2.7%	4.3%	14.1%
Naturalized citizens	2.2%	2.7%	7.4%
Not U.S. citizens	0.5%	1.5%	6.8%
Veterans (18+)	10.2%	6.2%	6.2%
Income inequality (Gini)	0.480	0.453	0.483

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations · American Community Survey 2024 — housing and tenure (B25003, B25002, B25077, B25064, B25070), commuting (B08013, B08303, B08301), origins and service (B05002, B21001, B19083).

President results by year

Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries

HarrisDemocratic47.0%2,555TrumpRepublican50.1%2,727OtherAll other candidates2.9%156

R+3.2

Lead: 172
Total: 5,438
vs nation: R+1.7

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

BidenDemocratic49.7%2,672TrumpRepublican47.6%2,561OtherAll other candidates2.8%148

D+2.1

Lead: 111
Total: 5,381
vs nation: R+2.4

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ClintonDemocratic42.3%2,002TrumpRepublican46.8%2,214OtherAll other candidates10.8%512

R+4.5

Lead: 212
Total: 4,728
vs nation: R+6.6

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ObamaDemocratic54.8%2,459RomneyRepublican42.4%1,906OtherAll other candidates2.8%125

D+12.3

Lead: 553
Total: 4,490
vs nation: D+8.5

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ObamaDemocratic56.3%2,794McCainRepublican41.1%2,040OtherAll other candidates2.5%125

D+15.2

Lead: 754
Total: 4,959
vs nation: D+7.9

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

KerryDemocratic44.6%2,251BushRepublican50.0%2,519OtherAll other candidates5.4%273

R+5.3

Lead: 268
Total: 5,043
vs nation: R+2.9

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

GoreDemocratic38.6%1,977BushRepublican46.2%2,363OtherAll other candidates15.2%778

R+7.5

Lead: 386
Total: 5,118
vs nation: R+8.1

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ClintonDemocratic34.9%1,875DoleRepublican32.3%1,734OtherAll other candidates32.8%1,758

D+2.6

Lead: 117
Total: 5,367
vs nation: R+5.9

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+3.2MIT Election Lab
Population: 9,0562024 5-year
Population density: 88 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area: 103 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income: $65,3082024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 92.5%2024 5-year
Black: 0.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 1.2%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+20.2 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+62.5 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Most similar: Rutland-9 State House District, VT · twin score 98.8

presidential history

Party record book

Vermont Rutland-2 State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.

1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark

Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.

Democratic

Lyndon B. Johnson1964

60.1%

1,881 votes · D+20.2 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 56.3%

Republican

Dwight D. Eisenhower1956

77.6%

2,547 votes · R+55.1 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 77.3%

Most votes

Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.

Democratic

Barack Obama2008

2,794votes

56.3% of the vote · D+15.2 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 2,672 votes

Republican

Donald Trump2024

2,727votes

50.1% of the vote · R+3.2 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 2,658 votes

Best relative to the U.S.

This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.

Democratic

Barack Obama2012

+8.5pts D vs U.S.

Place D+12.3 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · +7.9 pts

Republican

William McKinley1896

+56.4pts R vs U.S.

Place R+62.5 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1908 · +48.4 pts

current representation

Current officeholders

RDave BoschState House · Rutland-2

RTom BurdittState House · Rutland-2

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

U.S. House elections · 3 House

Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.

U.S. House

Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.

Source · Akashic county-allocated estimate from certified county returns, House; not precinct-counted.
Year	Vote lead	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	53.9%2,390	46.1%2,048	4,438
2020	D	61.3%2,741	38.7%1,732	4,473
2018	D	61.7%2,134	38.3%1,325	3,459

Rutland-2 backed the 2024 Republican presidential ticket by 8.1 points, a notably wider margin than Vermont's statewide result, reflecting the rural, working-class character common to Rutland County's smaller towns.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 20.2 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 62.5 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.2 points.

A population of 9,056, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,308 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rutland-9 State House District and Rutland-8 State House District.

Political twins — state-house districts

The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Rutland-9 State House District

elasticitymedian age12-yr trend

Rutland-8 State House District

elasticity12-yr trend2008–2012 trajectory

Rutland-4 State House District

elasticity12-yr trend2008–2012 trajectory

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Vermont Rutland-2 State House District vote in 2024?

In 2024, Vermont Rutland-2 State House District voted Republican by 3.2 points (R+3.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,438 votes cast, 2,555 went Democratic and 2,727 went Republican.

When did Vermont Rutland-2 State House District last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Vermont Rutland-2 State House District voted Democratic was 2020.

How many people live in Vermont Rutland-2 State House District?

Vermont Rutland-2 State House District has a population of 9,056 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Vermont Rutland-2 State House District?

Median household income in Vermont Rutland-2 State House District is $65,308 — below the national median of $80,734. The Vermont state median is $81,203.

What is the political history of Vermont Rutland-2 State House District?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Vermont Rutland-2 State House District from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 31 went Republican.