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1876–2024
Bennington, VT·Vermont

Bennington, VT has voted Democratic in nine straight presidential elections — D+20 in 2024.

Vermont's southwestern corner where rural conservatism meets college-town liberalism

1876 — 2024·38 elections
VT
LatestD+20in 2024
TypologyIndustrial Catholic Metrocluster typology
Population37,2692024 ACS

Bennington, VT, Vermont: Industrial Catholic Metro metro. In 2024, voted D+20%. Republican peak: R+63 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+20MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Industrial Catholic MetroAkashic typology
Population
37,2692024 5-year
Median household income
$73,3252024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
91.8%2024 5-year
Black
1.2%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
2.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+33 in 2008MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+63 in 1896MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Bennington, VT
HarrisD+20
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic57.9%12,005
Donald TrumpRepublican37.8%7,830
OtherAll other candidates4.3%891
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: +20.1% in 2024.flipped D · 1992+20.1%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−30.4%
1896−63.3%
1900−50.2%
1904−51.4%
1908−51.2%
1912−10.0%
1916−23.5%
1920−43.8%
1924−52.9%
1928−27.2%
1932−13.7%
1936−13.7%
1940−15.1%
1944−17.2%
1948−26.7%
1952−46.9%
1956−51.2%
1960−22.4%
1964+30.8%
1968−8.8%
1972−22.0%
1976−10.2%
1980−5.3%
1984−19.6%
1988−7.7%
1992+12.5%
1996+18.0%
2000+9.8%
2004+18.1%
2008+33.4%
2012+33.1%
2016+20.8%
2020+27.3%
2024+20.1%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+20.1%
12,0057,83020,726
D
+27.3%
12,7057,11420,462
D
+20.8%
9,5395,92517,381
D
+33.1%
11,5145,68717,593
D
+33.4%
12,5246,13319,129
D
+18.1%
11,0697,61619,065
D
+9.8%
9,0217,28417,677
D
+18.0%
8,1395,22916,152
D
+12.5%
8,1785,89518,216
R
−7.7%
7,1748,38715,725
R
−19.6%
6,0399,03515,284
R
−5.3%
5,3616,09113,721
R
−10.2%
5,4436,71212,387
R
−22.0%
4,8047,54212,453
R
−8.8%
4,9665,96711,416
D
+30.8%
7,3593,89511,254
R
−22.4%
4,5027,09911,602
R
−51.2%
2,7198,43411,157
R
−46.9%
3,0188,38511,437
R
−26.7%
3,3405,8409,374
R
−17.2%
3,7095,2528,961
R
−15.1%
4,3085,84510,180
R
−13.7%
4,1665,5159,834
R
−13.7%
3,9645,2509,416
R
−27.2%
3,4986,1149,630
R
−52.9%
1,4665,3417,325
R
−43.8%
1,6154,1725,841
R
−23.5%
1,5902,6024,308
O
−10.0%
1,0571,4644,055
R
−51.2%
7482,4533,330
R
−51.4%
7452,4193,256
R
−50.2%
8712,6663,575
R
−63.3%
6563,0863,839
R
−30.4%
1,1552,1963,420
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
19.3%
Irish
18.6%
German
13.0%
Italian
10.2%
American
8.0%
French
7.6%
Scottish
3.9%
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.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 46.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.9%
85+
1.8%
2.5%
75–84
3.9%
7.0%
65–74
7.2%
7.8%
55–64
8.1%
5.8%
45–54
6.0%
5.2%
35–44
5.7%
4.6%
25–34
5.0%
4.3%
18–24
4.5%
7.6%
5–17
6.7%
2.3%
<5
2.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$73,325
Bennington, VT ranks near the middle of US counties.
Bennington, VT$73,325
Vermont$81,203
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.8%
Working age (18–64)10.3%
Seniors (65+)10.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.3%
speak English only
Spanish1.5%
Other Indo-European1.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
22.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.5%
Other Christian
4.8%
Baptist
2.7%
Non-Christian
1.7%
Methodist
0.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Bennington County anchors Vermont's most competitive corner, where small manufacturing towns and a historic arts college produce an electorate that swings more than the rest of the state's reliably left-leaning landscape.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of thirty-three points in 2008 and a Republican high of sixty-three points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved seven points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty points.

A population of 37,269, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,325 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Bennington, VT, Vermont vote in 2024?
In 2024, Bennington, VT, Vermont voted Democratic by 20.1 points (D+20), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 20,726 votes cast, 12,005 went Democratic and 7,830 went Republican.
What is Bennington, VT, Vermont's political typology?
Akashic places Bennington, VT, Vermont in the "Industrial Catholic Metro" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 10 times, Republican 23 times, and other 1 times.
When did Bennington, VT, Vermont last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Bennington, VT, Vermont voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Bennington, VT, Vermont?
Bennington, VT, Vermont has a population of 37,269 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bennington, VT, Vermont?
Median household income in Bennington, VT, Vermont is $73,325 — below the national median of $80,734. The Vermont state median is $81,203.
What is the political history of Bennington, VT, Vermont?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Bennington, VT, Vermont from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 23 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Industrial Catholic Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.