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1876–2024
Grand Isle County, Vermont
Grand Isle County·Vermont

Grand Isle County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

Vermont's smallest county, strung across Lake Champlain's islands

18762024·38 elections
Grand Isle County, Vermont · Mfwills · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+21
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
7,450
2024 ACS
Most similar
Thurston County
WA · similarity 0.99
5 precincts · 5,001 votes cast
Harris · D+21
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+20.9%
2,9401,8935,001
2020D
+22.6%
2,9051,8104,851
2016D
+14.8%
2,0941,4874,109
2012D
+26.0%
2,5311,4714,075
2008D
+28.2%
2,6941,4904,269
2004D
+12.1%
2,2461,7544,077
2000D
+7.8%
1,8351,5503,638
1996D
+19.6%
1,5559583,041
1992D
+12.8%
1,4441,0123,379
1988D
+1.9%
1,3691,3162,728
1984R
−21.8%
9801,5372,550
1980D
+2.3%
9999472,240
1976R
−7.2%
8661,0041,909
1972R
−25.6%
7431,2592,018
1968R
−1.5%
7307541,559
1964D
+32.6%
9965061,503
1960D
+1.3%
8197981,617
1956R
−23.6%
6049781,582
1952R
−18.8%
6659761,650
1948D
+6.3%
8227241,563
1944D
+9.1%
8016671,468
1940D
+16.4%
9987161,719
1936D
+8.9%
8527121,568
1932D
+11.0%
8116491,477
1928R
−1.8%
8018301,642
1924R
−39.2%
3438611,320
1920R
−44.3%
3549281,296
1916D
+3.2%
434407845
1912D
+2.7%
210193622
1908R
−31.1%
188364566
1904R
−50.2%
109343466
1900R
−40.6%
146356517
1896R
−43.4%
158426617
1892R
−31.9%
177349539
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
32.9%
Mainline Protestant
2.9%
Methodist
2.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Grand Isle's chain of lake islands gives it a distinct geography among Vermont's 14 counties, and its roughly 6,900 residents backed the Democratic presidential nominee by about 21 points in 2024, broadly in line with statewide trends.

The Democratic margin in Grand Isle County reached its widest at thirty-three points in 1964. The margin in 2024 was twenty-one points — still decisive.

Grand Isle County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $97,396, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 7,450 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 Thurston County and Addison County.