Vermont

VERMONT

3 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Vermont Secretary of State)

Total Population, April 1, 2000	608,827
Voting Age Population, Nov. 2000	460,000	% change from '96 +4.1
Total Registration, Nov. 2000	391,303

Vermont has: 14 counties.

Government
Governor: Howard Dean (D) up for re-election in 2000.
State Legislature: Vermont General Assembly House: 77D, 67R, 1I, 5oth Senate: 17D, 13R
Local: Municipalities and Regions NACO Counties
U.S. House: 1I - At-Large Bernie Sanders (I).
U.S. Senate: Jim Jeffords (R) up for re-election in 2000, Patrick Leahy (D) re-elected in 1998.

Changes as of the November 2000 Elections
Governor: Howard Dean (D) re-elected.
State Legislature: All 150 House seats and all 30 Senate seats were up. Republicans made major gains in the House and won control of the chamber; they also gained one seat in the Senate. House: 62D, 83R, 1I, 4oth Senate: 16D, 14R.
U.S. House: Bernie Sanders (I) re-elected.
U.S. Senate: Jim Jeffords (R) re-elected.

The Green Mountain State

State of Vermont
Secretary of State

Natural Law Party-VT
Reform Party-VT
Constitution Party-VT
VT Democratic Party
VT Libertarian Party
VT Republican Party

Media
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Media (TV)

Politics1-VT

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000

Past Results
1996

Clinton (Dem.).........137,894	(53.35)
Dole (Rep.)...............80,352	(31.09)
Perot (Ref.)...............31,024	(12.00)
Nader (Ind.)................5,585	(2.16)
Others (6+w/ins).........3,594	(1.39)
Total........258,449

1992

Clinton (Dem.).........133,592 (46.11)

Bush (Rep.)..............88,122 (30.42)

Perot (Ind.)................65,991
(22.78)

Others (6+w/ins).........1,996
(0.69)

Total........289,701

Results
2000

Browne/Olivier (Lib.)	784	(0.27)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)	2,192	(0.74)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	119,775	(40.70)
+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)	149,022	(50.63)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)	219	(0.07)
Harris/Trowe (SWP)	70	(0.02)
Lane/Wilkinson	1,044	(0.35)
McReynolds/Hollis(Lib.Un.)	161	(0.05)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)	20,374	(6.92)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)	153	(0.05)
Write Ins	514	(0.17)
Total........294,308

57,031 of the 297,146 total votes counted were absentee ballots (19.0%).

Overview
Vermont was a safe state for Gore, and the Gore-Lieberman ticket carried it with a plurality of 29,247 votes (9.93 percentage points) over Bush-Cheney. Gore won in 10 counties; Bush carried 4. Ralph Nader achieved one of his best showings nationwide, gaining 6.92% of the vote. While the presidential race did not draw much resources or attention; the governor's race was hotly contested, and the issue of gay civil unions continued to color the landscape as it contributed to a dramatic shift in the state House of Representatives.
General Election Activity

Notes: Voter registatration deadline was Oct. 28, 2000.
Deadline for filing statements of nomination was Sept. 21, 2000.

State primary Sept. 12, 2000

Primary Results

On Mega-Tuesday March 7, there were presidential primaries in eleven states, including five New England states--VT, CT, MA, RI, and ME.
Voter registration deadline--Feb. 26, 2000.
In addition to the presidential primary, town committee primaries were held on March 7.
Statutes--Title 17 (Elections) Chapter 57 (Presidential Elections)
Of 391,303 registered voters, 130,638 total votes were counted, including 9,755 absentee ballots, for a turnout of 33.4%.
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Republicans

Presidential Preference Primary
Tuesday March 7, 2000

	Total Vote	Percent
Gary Bauer¹	293	0.36%
George W. Bush	28,741	35.33%
Steve Forbes¹	616	0.76%
Alan Keyes	2,164	2.66%
+John McCain	49,045	60.29%
Write-in	496	0.61%
Total	81,355

1. Candidate withdrew before primary but was on ballot.

Total Delegates
12 of 2,066 (0.6%).

Delegate Allocation

Winner-take-all.
Bush-0
McCain-12

Democrats

Presidential Preference Primary
Tuesday March 7, 2000

	Total Vote	Percent
Bill Bradley	21,629	43.89%
+Al Gore	26,774	54.33%
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.	355	0.72%
Write-in	525	1.07%
Total	49,283

Total Pledged Delegates
15 of 3,537 (0.4%).
Total Delegates
22 of 4,335 (0.5%).