Vermont, the first state admitted after the original 13 colonies, joined the Union in March 1791 and has participated in every election since 1792. While current-day Vermont is reliably Democratic in national elections, it is interesting to note that from the founding of the modern Republican Party in 1854 through the election of 1988, Vermont went Republican in every election except 1964, when it voted for Lyndon Johnson over Barry Goldwater. In 1992, Vermont broke this tradition, voting for Bill Clinton over George Bush, and has been "blue" ever since. In 2020, Joe Biden beat Donald Trump by a vote of 66% to 31%, easily winning the state's three electoral votes.
According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 14 counties, 277 cities, towns, and villages, and 162 special districts.
Regarding religious preferences across the state's population, 54% are affiliated with a Christian-based faith, 8% are affiliated with non-Christian-based faiths, and a whopping 37% are not affiliated with any religion in particular.
It's also interesting to note that Vermont is considered the most minor religious state in the country, with only 23% of residents considering themselves "very religious," and it has the fifth-highest percentage of divorced people in the country.
According to the most recent ACS, the racial composition of Vermont was:
White: 92.93%
Two or more races: 3.37%
Asian: 1.68%
Black or African American: 1.27%
Other race: 0.49%
Native American: 0.24%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0.03%
Muslims are under 20,000.
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