United States presidential election in Vermont, 2016

United States presidential election in Vermont, 2016
Vermont
November 8, 2016
 
Nominee Hillary Clinton Donald Trump Bernie Sanders
(Write-in)
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Home state New York New York Vermont
Running mate Tim Kaine Mike Pence n/a
Electoral vote 3 0 0
Popular vote 178,573 95,369 18,183
Percentage 56.7% 30.3% 5.7%

County Results
  Clinton—70-80%
  Clinton—60-70%
  Clinton—50-60%
  Trump—50-60%
President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

The 2016 United States presidential election in Vermont was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 general election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Vermont voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.

Regarded as one of the most progressive states in the country, Hillary Clinton easily won Vermont with 56.7% of the vote, although her margin was reduced by 8.34 percentage points from President Obama in 2012.[1] Donald Trump received 30.3% of the vote, and won only Essex County, the most rural and sparsely populated county in the state. Trump became the first Republican presidential candidate to win a county in Vermont since George W. Bush in 2004.

Despite not running in the general election, incumbent United States Senator Bernie Sanders (a former candidate for the Democratic nomination) received 5.7% of the vote as a write-in candidate, more than Gary Johnson's 3.1% and Jill Stein's 2.1% combined.[2]

Primary elections

On March 1, 2016, in the presidential primaries, Vermont voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian parties. Voters who were unaffiliated chose any one primary in which to vote.

Democratic primary

The 2016 Vermont Democratic primary took place on March 1 as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

On the same day, dubbed "Super Tuesday," Democratic primaries were held in ten other states plus American Samoa, while the Republican Party held primaries in eleven states including their own Vermont primary.

As Sanders was an extremely popular favorite son, there was no campaign to speak of, and all pledged delegates were given to Sanders, due to Clinton getting less than 15% of the popular vote.

Results

Democratic primary results by county.
  Bernie Sanders
Vermont Democratic primary, March 1, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Bernie Sanders 115,900 85.69% 16 6 22
Hillary Clinton 18,338 13.56% 0 4 4
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) 282 0.21%
Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente 80 0.06%
Total Blank Votes 260 0.19%
Total Write-ins 238 0.18%
Total Spoiled Votes 158 0.12%
Uncommitted N/A 0 0 0
Total 135,256 100% 16 10 26
Source: The Green Papers, Vermont Secretary of State

Republican primary

Vermont Republican primary, 2016
Vermont
March 1, 2016 (2016-03-01)
 
Candidate Donald Trump John Kasich
Home state New York Ohio
Delegate count 8 8
Popular vote 19,974 18,534
Percentage 32.34% 30.01%
 
Candidate Marco Rubio Ted Cruz
Home state Florida Texas
Delegate count 0 0
Popular vote 11,781 5,932
Percentage 19.08% 9.61%

Vermont results by county
  Donald Trump
  John Kasich
Vermont Republican primary, March 1, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 19,974 32.34% 8 0 8
John Kasich 18,534 30.01% 8 0 8
Marco Rubio 11,781 19.08% 0 0 0
Ted Cruz 5,932 9.61% 0 0 0
Ben Carson 2,551 4.13% 0 0 0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn) 1,106 1.79% 0 0 0
Rand Paul (withdrawn) 423 0.68% 0 0 0
Chris Christie (withdrawn) 361 0.58% 0 0 0
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) 212 0.34% 0 0 0
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) 164 0.27% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
Total: 61,756 100.00% 16 0 16
Source: The Green Papers

General Election

With the heavy Democratic and Progressive presence in the state, the state was bypassed by the candidates during the General.

Polling

Results

 Vermont general election results
– Summary of results –
Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Hillary Clinton 178,573 55.72%
Donald Trump 95,369 29.76%
Bernie Sanders (write-in) 18,183 5.67%
Gary Johnson 10,078 3.14%
Jill Stein 6,758 2.11%
Roque De La Fuente 1,063 0.33%
Evan McMullin (write-in) 629 0.20%
Gloria La Riva 327 0.10%
Darrell Castle (write-in) 63 0.02%
Write-in (Other) 4,024 1.26%
Spoiled/blank 5,400 1.69%
Total 320,467 100%
Source: Vermont Secretary of State - Presidential Election Statement of Votes The Green Papers

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/vermont
  2. ↑ "Vermont Election Night Results". https://www.sec.state.vt.us/. Retrieved 2016-11-12. External link in |website= (help)
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