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1876–2024
Orleans Senatorial District·Vermont

Orleans Senatorial District has voted Democratic in six straight presidential cycles.

A rural Northeast Kingdom district that defies simple partisan sorting

1876 — 2024·38 elections
VT
Latest
D+2
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
33,074
2024 ACS

Orleans Senatorial District, Vermont: Democratic loyalist district. In 2024, voted D+2%. Republican peak: R+71 in 1904.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+2MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population
33,0742024 5-year
Median household income
$71,4872024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
93.3%2024 5-year
Black
0.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
2.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+27 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+71 in 1904MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
3 counties · 2 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+2.5%
8,4678,03617,314
D
+7.3%
8,8467,60917,017
D
+1.8%
6,3556,08814,543
D
+23.7%
8,5175,19114,043
D
+26.3%
9,4755,45315,275
D
+5.1%
7,5266,77914,609
R
−2.5%
6,4746,83814,337
D
+19.3%
6,0863,78211,958
D
+8.9%
5,5454,32713,675
R
−12.3%
4,9416,34511,437
R
−29.5%
3,8347,10511,085
R
−11.5%
4,1655,40410,809
R
−9.6%
4,1004,9909,275
R
−30.2%
3,2486,0959,417
R
−16.0%
3,4214,7888,550
D
+27.0%
5,9253,4069,331
R
−20.6%
3,9195,9589,877
R
−45.8%
2,4346,5418,976
R
−48.0%
2,4236,9279,379
R
−25.6%
2,7894,7257,560
R
−16.5%
3,2514,5337,784
R
−13.8%
4,0205,3079,349
R
−25.8%
3,4355,8359,296
R
−27.3%
3,3365,8729,284
R
−54.0%
1,9146,4238,357
R
−71.2%
8375,7676,920
R
−62.9%
1,1555,1556,364
R
−36.6%
1,4283,1144,605
O
−17.3%
8461,6534,676
R
−65.2%
5622,8283,476
R
−71.3%
4632,9163,442
R
−64.7%
6413,0873,779
R
−70.0%
6103,7934,546
R
−48.6%
8862,6883,705
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
15.0%
Irish
12.8%
French
8.7%
American
8.6%
German
7.6%
Scottish
4.2%
Italian
4.2%
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: 45.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.4%
3.4%
75–84
3.5%
6.8%
65–74
7.1%
7.2%
55–64
7.4%
6.5%
45–54
6.0%
6.0%
35–44
5.8%
5.9%
25–34
5.5%
3.9%
18–24
3.3%
7.6%
5–17
7.1%
2.5%
<5
2.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$71,487
Orleans Senatorial District ranks near the middle of US counties.
Orleans Senatorial District$71,487
Vermont$81,203
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.1%
Working age (18–64)10.8%
Seniors (65+)11.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.7%
speak English only
Other Indo-European3.6%
Spanish0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
18.0%
Other Christian
3.7%
Mainline Protestant
3.0%
Methodist
1.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.0%
Baptist
0.9%
Non-Christian
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 71.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Orleans Senatorial District covers Vermont's remote Northeast Kingdom, where a D+3.6 presidential margin in 2024 reflects a broader pattern of ticket-splitting and independent-minded voters that resists easy categorization.

The Democratic margin in Orleans Senatorial District reached its widest at twenty-seven points in 1964. The margin in 2024 was two points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $71,487, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 33,074 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Orleans Senatorial District, Vermont vote in 2024?
In 2024, Orleans Senatorial District, Vermont voted Democratic by 2.5 points (D+2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 17,314 votes cast, 8,467 went Democratic and 8,036 went Republican.
What is Orleans Senatorial District, Vermont's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Orleans Senatorial District, Vermont as a "Democratic loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 9 times, Republican 24 times, and other 1 times.
When did Orleans Senatorial District, Vermont last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Orleans Senatorial District, Vermont voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in Orleans Senatorial District, Vermont?
Orleans Senatorial District, Vermont has a population of 33,074 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Orleans Senatorial District, Vermont?
Median household income in Orleans Senatorial District, Vermont is $71,487 — below the national median of $80,734. The Vermont state median is $81,203.
What is the political history of Orleans Senatorial District, Vermont?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Orleans Senatorial District, Vermont from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 24 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.