HarrisDemocratic60.5%1,529TrumpRepublican36.2%915OtherAll other candidates3.4%85
D+24.3- Lead
- 614
- Total
- 2,529
- vs nation
- D+25.8
modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate
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Vermont Orange-2 State House District
Contests in this Place (48 available)
President38 · 1876–2024 · 3 mapped
▦ precinct · ▥ counties · ▢ no spatial detail
President margin by year
Place winner margin
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
BidenDemocratic62.9%1,554TrumpRepublican33.7%834OtherAll other candidates3.4%84
D+29.1- Lead
- 720
- Total
- 2,472
- vs nation
- D+24.7
modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate
ClintonDemocratic55.1%1,135TrumpRepublican31.8%655OtherAll other candidates13.1%269
D+23.3- Lead
- 480
- Total
- 2,059
- vs nation
- D+21.2
modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate
ObamaDemocratic65.6%1,355RomneyRepublican32.7%675OtherAll other candidates1.6%34
D+32.9- Lead
- 680
- Total
- 2,064
- vs nation
- D+29.1
modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate
ObamaDemocratic65.5%1,472McCainRepublican33.2%746OtherAll other candidates1.4%31
D+32.3- Lead
- 726
- Total
- 2,249
- vs nation
- D+25.0
modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate
KerryDemocratic53.3%1,221BushRepublican46.0%1,054OtherAll other candidates0.7%15
D+7.3- Lead
- 167
- Total
- 2,290
- vs nation
- D+9.8
modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate
GoreDemocratic46.0%1,001BushRepublican52.0%1,132OtherAll other candidates2.1%45
R+6.0- Lead
- 131
- Total
- 2,178
- vs nation
- R+6.5
modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate
ClintonDemocratic54.5%894DoleRepublican40.0%655OtherAll other candidates5.5%90
D+14.6- Lead
- 239
- Total
- 1,639
- vs nation
- D+6.1
modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+24.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 4,3952024 5-year
- Population density
- 61 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 72.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $96,2842024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+32.9 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+73.8 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Orange-3 State House District, VT · twin score 98.9
presidential history
Party record book
Vermont Orange-2 State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
65.6%
1,355 votes · D+32.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 65.5%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
86.9%
855 votes · R+73.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 86.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
1,554votes
62.9% of the vote · D+29.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 1,529 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2000
1,132votes
52.0% of the vote · R+6.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 1,054 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
+29.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+32.9 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +25.8 pts
Republican
Alf Landon1936
+74.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+49.9 · U.S. D+24.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1948 · +64.2 pts
current representation
Current officeholders
DMonique PriestleyState House · Orange-2
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
U.S. House elections · 3 House
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
With roughly 4,400 residents spread across Vermont's Orange County hill towns, this small district has delivered Democratic presidential margins above 20 points, reflecting the broader leftward tilt of the state's rural interior.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 32.9 points in 2012 and a Republican high of 73.8 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 24.3 points.
A population of 4,395, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $96,284 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Orange-3 State House District and Orange-1 State House District.
Political twins — state-house districts
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Orange-3 State House District
Vermont
98.9twin score
% unaffiliatedpopulation scale2008–2012 trajectory
Orange-1 State House District
Vermont
98.2twin score
% unaffiliatedpopulation scale2008–2012 trajectory
Windsor-Orange-1 State House District
Vermont
96.5twin score
population scale% unaffiliated2008–2012 trajectory≠ Polish ancestry
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Vermont Orange-2 State House District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Vermont Orange-2 State House District voted Democratic by 24.3 points (D+24.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,529 votes cast, 1,529 went Democratic and 915 went Republican.
When did Vermont Orange-2 State House District last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Vermont Orange-2 State House District voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in Vermont Orange-2 State House District?
Vermont Orange-2 State House District has a population of 4,395 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Vermont Orange-2 State House District?
Median household income in Vermont Orange-2 State House District is $96,284 — above the national median of $80,734. The Vermont state median is $81,203.
What is the political history of Vermont Orange-2 State House District?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Vermont Orange-2 State House District from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.