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1876–2024
Franklin County, Vermont
Franklin County·Vermont

Franklin County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

A Lake Champlain border county shifting toward single-digit margins

18762024·38 elections
Franklin County, Vermont · Travellers & Tinkers · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+3
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
50,638
2024 ACS
Most similar
Lake County
CA · similarity 0.95
13 precincts · 26,505 votes cast
Harris · D+3
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+2.9%
13,03012,26926,505
2020D
+9.0%
13,61111,27425,830
2016D
+2.8%
9,3518,75221,411
2012D
+23.4%
12,0577,40519,888
2008D
+24.8%
13,1797,85321,460
2004D
+8.3%
10,5988,93619,920
2000D
+5.8%
9,5148,39519,194
1996D
+25.7%
8,7904,61716,206
1992D
+13.4%
8,0045,48418,751
1988D
+0.5%
7,3727,29314,834
1984R
−20.1%
5,7558,68314,562
1980R
−0.6%
5,9145,99813,445
1976R
−4.8%
5,6106,19011,986
1972R
−34.9%
3,8988,10912,065
1968D
+6.9%
6,0275,21811,681
1964D
+46.0%
8,8233,26112,086
1960D
+12.7%
7,0285,44412,472
1956R
−19.1%
4,8407,12511,965
1952R
−16.1%
5,0186,94912,018
1948D
+5.3%
5,4554,89710,444
1944D
+16.0%
6,0364,37410,411
1940D
+17.1%
7,4395,25812,760
1936D
+10.6%
6,8175,50712,360
1932D
+10.5%
6,1794,99911,286
1928R
−4.8%
5,4776,03111,548
1924R
−43.0%
1,6494,5946,847
1920R
−34.6%
2,3424,8697,298
1916R
−13.9%
2,1072,7964,957
1912R
−2.7%
1,3171,4334,321
1908R
−37.2%
1,0482,3603,531
1904R
−47.0%
8812,5223,492
1900R
−34.5%
1,3162,7384,125
1896R
−48.1%
1,1503,4444,773
1892R
−29.5%
1,3532,5404,018
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
30.1%
Methodist
2.5%
Other Christian
2.0%
Mainline Protestant
1.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.6%
Baptist
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Franklin County, hugging the Quebec border along Lake Champlain, has moved steadily from reliably Democratic to competitive territory — the 2024 presidential race landed within 3 points, reflecting a rural working-class shift seen across northern New England.

The Democratic margin in Franklin County reached its widest at forty-six points in 1964. The margin in 2024 was three points — still decisive.

Franklin County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $81,313, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 50,638 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lake County and Socorro County.