TheVermont election in 2008 consisted of elections for federal, state, and local elections. All state offices are for two years; all terms expired in 2008. Elections included thegubernatorial, all state offices, including all state senators and representatives, the federalCongress, andthe presidential. There was no federal Senate election.
A primary election in August determined which candidates parties would choose to run in the general election in November. An earlier primary selected Vermont's choices for candidates for president.[citation needed]
72% of the voters, 327,301, turned out for the general election. This was the highest percentage, so far, in the 21st century.[1] A record 26% of young voters turned out.[2]
DemocratBarack Obama carried the state's three electoral votes in the general election.
Primary PollsOn February 24, 2008, polls showedSen. Barack Obama leadingSen. Hillary Clinton by an average margin of 24% (57% to 33%), with 10% Not Sure.[3][4]
Democratic Party Results
| Key: | Withdrew prior to contest |
| Vermont Democratic presidential primary, 2008 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates |
| Barack Obama | 91,901 | 59.31% | 9 |
| Hillary Clinton | 59,806 | 38.59% | 6 |
| John Edwards | 1,936 | 1.25% | 0 |
| Dennis Kucinich | 1,010 | 0.65% | 0 |
| Write-in candidates | 307 | 0.20% | 0 |
| Totals | 154,960 | 100.00% | 15 |
Republican Party Results
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates |
|---|---|---|---|
| John McCain | 28,417 | 71.32% | 17 |
| Mike Huckabee | 5,698 | 14.30% | 0 |
| Ron Paul | 2,635 | 6.61% | 0 |
| Mitt Romney* | 1,809 | 4.45% | 0 |
| Rudy Giuliani* | 931 | 2.24% | 0 |
| Write-in | 353 | 0.89% | 0 |
| Total | 39,843 | 100% | 17 |
* Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary
Democratic Congressman Peter Welch decided to run for a second term in Congress. Welch encountered no major-party opposition and defeated a series of independent candidates.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Brian Dubie (incumbent) | 171,744 | 55.0 | +3.8 | |
| Democratic | Thomas Costello | 121,953 | 39.1 | −6.4 | |
| Progressive | Richard Kemp | 14,249 | 4.5 | +2.3 | |
| Liberty Union | Ben Mitchell | 3,639 | 1.1 | −0.1 | |
| write-ins | 207 | 0.0 | n/a | ||
| Majority | 49,791 | 15.9 | +10.2 | ||
| Turnout | 311,792 | ||||
| Republicanhold | Swing | ||||
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