Vermont Exit Polls

Categories: Politics | Election 2008
    • Electoral votes: 3
    • Polls opened: Between 5 and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET
    • Pre-election polls: Barack Obama leads John McCain 59.6% to 33.4%Pollster: Vermont Exit Polls
    • Registered voters: 452,710, as of October 31, 2008Vermont Secretary of State: Vermont Voter Registration Totals
    • Democratic Primary winner: Barack Obama
    • Republican Primary winner: John McCain
    • President George W. Bush has a 29% approval rating in VermontNPR and NewsHour 2008 Election Map: More about Vermont
    • 60% of voters picked "the economy" as their number 1 concernClusterstock: Voters Name Their Number One Issue (November 4, 2008)
  • The presidential candidate who carries the state of Vermont receives three electoral votes. Vermont polls were open between 5 and 10 a.m., depending on location, but all polls closed at 7 p.m. ET.Vermont Secretary of State: Elections: Voters CBS News: What To Watch For On Election Night Barack Obama consistently prevailed in state polls, and had a 21-point lead over John McCain in pre-election polls.RealClearPolitics: Vermont: McCain vs. Obama It has been 20 years since a Republican presidential candidate won in Vermont; the state went for George H. W. Bush over Michael Dukakis in 1988 but since then has always supported the Democratic presidential nominee.
  • Past Vermont Presidential Winners

    1. 2004: John Kerry
    2. 2000: Al Gore
    3. 1996: Bill Clinton
    4. 1992: Bill Clinton
    5. 1988: George H. W. Bush
    6. 1984: Ronald Reagan
    7. 1980: Ronald Reagan
    8. 1976: Gerald Ford
    9. 1972: Richard Nixon
    10. 1968: Richard Nixon
    11. 1964: Lyndon Johnson

  • Other Vermont Contests

    Republican Governor Jim Douglas ran for a fourth two-year term. He led against Democratic challenger Gaye Symington in the polls and won his position in the election.

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