Tue. Nov 26th, 2024
A woman in a black blazer talks on a phone and smiles while standing in a crowded room. People are seated and standing around her, engaging in various conversations.
A woman in a black blazer talks on a phone and smiles while standing in a crowded room. People are seated and standing around her, engaging in various conversations.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, right, phone banks with volunteers at the DNC headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. Photo by Jacquelyn Martin/AP

In a presidential race characterized by uncertainty, one outcome appeared preordained: that Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, would carry Vermont. 

The Green Mountain State did not surprise. 

By 7:00 p.m. Tuesday — just moments after polls closed — the Associated Press called the state for Harris. 

Worth just three Electoral College votes out of 538, Vermont was hardly poised to shape the outcome of the election. 

The state is nothing if not consistent. It has gone to the Democratic nominee in every presidential election since Republican George H.W. Bush defeated Democrat Michael Dukakis in 1988. In recent cycles, the Democratic nominee has won at least 55% of the vote.

Harris even picked up the support of Vermont’s Republican governor, Phil Scott, who told reporters outside his Berlin polling place late Tuesday afternoon that he had cast his ballot for the Democratic nominee. 

This story will be updated.

Read the story on VTDigger here: Kamala Harris takes Vermont.

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