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1876–2024
Lamoille County, Vermont
Lamoille County·Vermont

For ninety-six years, Lamoille County voted Republican. Then it stopped.

A rural Vermont county where Democrats routinely clear 35-point margins

18762024·38 elections
Lamoille County, Vermont · Redjar at English Wikipedia · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+37
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
26,148
2024 ACS
Most similar
Windsor County
VT · similarity 0.99
10 precincts · 15,539 votes cast
Harris · D+37
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+37.4%
10,2994,48115,539
2020D
+40.7%
10,2404,16314,915
2016D
+28.8%
7,2413,57012,762
2012D
+42.0%
8,3713,34211,988
2008D
+42.6%
8,9143,51512,668
2004D
+27.7%
7,6364,26012,181
2000D
+10.8%
5,6764,45611,246
1996D
+25.0%
4,9972,7059,186
1992D
+15.0%
4,4592,93610,142
1988R
−10.7%
3,5614,4338,133
1984R
−25.6%
2,7464,6747,526
1980R
−11.8%
2,4143,2286,890
1976R
−26.5%
2,0163,5355,742
1972R
−42.2%
1,6594,1645,935
1968R
−39.6%
1,2392,9654,358
1964D
+7.7%
2,3762,0364,412
1960R
−52.0%
1,0323,2724,304
1956R
−67.3%
6783,4644,142
1952R
−69.3%
6333,5164,160
1948R
−48.0%
8162,3443,181
1944R
−36.4%
1,0312,2123,243
1940R
−27.3%
1,4632,5664,034
1936R
−37.9%
1,2792,8464,137
1932R
−40.3%
1,0962,5993,729
1928R
−69.7%
5763,2623,854
1924R
−75.6%
3052,4802,876
1920R
−65.8%
4582,3112,816
1916R
−37.8%
6431,4742,196
1912R
−17.8%
4318522,364
1908R
−62.1%
3111,4551,841
1904R
−65.8%
2961,5211,861
1900R
−60.2%
4181,7422,201
1896R
−63.5%
4402,0612,551
1892R
−46.8%
5171,4702,038
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%.
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
14.6%
Other Christian
3.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.6%
Mainline Protestant
2.2%
Non-Christian
0.8%
Methodist
0.7%
Baptist
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 75.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lamoille County's mix of ski-resort towns and small farming communities has produced some of Vermont's most lopsided Democratic presidential margins, with the 2024 result exceeding 35 points despite a relatively sparse population of roughly 23,000.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Lamoille County peaked at forty-three points in 2008; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1992 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of fifteen points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Lamoille County's median household income of $74,908 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Windsor County and Bennington County.