Burlington-South Burlington, VT · how this place’s counties split between candidates in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain and there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Burlington-South Burlington, VT
Year
Total registered
2016
161,965
2018
175,926
2020
165,050
2022
175,862
2024
167,503
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−746 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −2,908 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Burlington-South Burlington, VT in Burlington-South Burlington, VT: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+195
2012
−190
2013
−89
2014
−153
2015
−658
2016
−808
2017
−406
2018
+263
2019
−333
2021
+859
2022
−207
2023
−569
2024
−66
2025
−746
Home to the University of Vermont and a compact urban core on Lake Champlain, the Burlington metro consistently delivers the state's largest Democratic vote margins, anchoring Vermont's federal election outcomes despite the state's otherwise rural character.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 44.3 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 50.4 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.5 points.
A population of 227,846, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $93,347 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Amherst Town-Northampton, MA and Boulder, CO.
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How did Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont vote in 2024?
In 2024, Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont voted Democratic by 41.5 points (D+41.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 129,073 votes cast, 88,876 went Democratic and 35,320 went Republican.
When did Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont?
Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont has a population of 227,846 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont?
Median household income in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont is $93,347 — above the national median of $80,734. The Vermont state median is $81,203.
What is the political history of Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Burlington-South Burlington, VT, Vermont from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
