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1876–2024
Washington Senatorial District·Vermont

For ninety-six years, Washington Senatorial District voted Republican. Then it stopped.

One of Vermont's most Democratic-leaning state senate districts

1876 — 2024·38 elections
VT
Latest
D+42
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
67,563
2024 ACS

Washington Senatorial District, Vermont: Realigner district. In 2024, voted D+42%. Republican peak: R+60 in 1924.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+42MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
RealignerAkashic typology
Population
67,5632024 5-year
Median household income
$82,9072024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
92.1%2024 5-year
Black
0.9%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
2.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+45 in 2020MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+60 in 1924MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
4 counties · 4 D · 0 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
+41.7%
27,40210,68140,125
D
+44.7%
28,00210,28639,629
D
+33.0%
20,6129,12434,782
D
+41.4%
22,7149,14532,810
D
+40.6%
24,85810,25935,940
D
+24.1%
21,31912,86435,074
D
+12.1%
16,94612,93033,202
D
+24.8%
15,7588,63928,738
D
+13.7%
14,82110,37132,473
R
−2.9%
13,82314,65228,870
R
−11.3%
12,06615,17427,562
R
−1.8%
10,29210,75125,310
R
−11.7%
9,44512,01922,093
R
−25.3%
8,12713,68921,994
R
−10.8%
8,24010,32119,238
D
+33.6%
12,8246,37819,213
R
−21.6%
7,46611,57519,044
R
−45.0%
4,75312,52617,284
R
−47.3%
4,68613,16117,916
R
−24.6%
5,0998,54313,978
R
−13.5%
6,0807,97114,051
R
−6.5%
8,1889,33517,576
R
−4.9%
8,4789,35217,899
R
−19.7%
6,1589,28215,823
R
−40.8%
4,60610,98615,651
R
−60.5%
1,8459,43512,555
R
−53.6%
2,1327,1979,442
R
−20.9%
2,9874,6888,132
R
−15.3%
1,9183,0757,572
R
−41.0%
1,7344,3046,263
R
−49.8%
1,3594,2995,902
R
−41.6%
1,7714,3746,259
R
−52.0%
1,5295,1436,951
R
−25.2%
2,1433,6335,924
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
21.8%
Irish
17.1%
German
10.5%
French
9.0%
Italian
8.3%
Scottish
6.2%
American
5.6%
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: 43.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.9%
85+
1.5%
2.8%
75–84
3.3%
6.3%
65–74
6.8%
7.2%
55–64
7.3%
6.4%
45–54
6.5%
6.4%
35–44
6.7%
5.9%
25–34
5.9%
4.7%
18–24
3.5%
7.1%
5–17
6.8%
2.1%
<5
2.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$82,907
Washington Senatorial District ranks near the middle of US counties.
Washington Senatorial District$82,907
Vermont$81,203
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
8.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.4%
Working age (18–64)8.5%
Seniors (65+)9.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.0%
speak English only
Other Indo-European2.1%
Spanish1.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
23.9%
Other Christian
8.3%
Mainline Protestant
3.1%
Methodist
2.2%
Non-Christian
1.3%
Baptist
0.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Anchored by Montpelier, the state capital, this central Vermont district returned a D+50.6 margin in 2024, reflecting the heavily college-educated, government-employment-dense character of capital-region electorates.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Washington Senatorial District peaked at forty-five points in 2020; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1992 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of fourteen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $82,907 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Washington Senatorial District, Vermont vote in 2024?
In 2024, Washington Senatorial District, Vermont voted Democratic by 41.7 points (D+42), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 40,125 votes cast, 27,402 went Democratic and 10,681 went Republican.
What is Washington Senatorial District, Vermont's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Washington Senatorial District, Vermont as a "Realigner" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 10 times, Republican 24 times, and other 0 times.
When did Washington Senatorial District, Vermont last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Washington Senatorial District, Vermont voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Washington Senatorial District, Vermont?
Washington Senatorial District, Vermont has a population of 67,563 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Washington Senatorial District, Vermont?
Median household income in Washington Senatorial District, Vermont is $82,907 — above the national median of $80,734. The Vermont state median is $81,203.
What is the political history of Washington Senatorial District, Vermont?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Washington Senatorial District, Vermont from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 24 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.