Editing Orleans County, Vermont (section)

===Elections===
In [[1828 United States presidential election in Vermont|1828]], Orleans County was won by [[National Republican Party]] candidate [[John Quincy Adams]].

In [[1832 United States presidential election in Vermont|1832]], the county was won by [[Anti-Masonic Party]] candidate [[William Wirt (Attorney General)|William Wirt]].

From [[William Henry Harrison]] in [[1836 United States presidential election in Vermont|1836]] to [[Winfield Scott]] in [[1852 United States presidential election in Vermont|1852]], the county voted for the [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig Party]] candidates.

From [[John C. Frémont]] in [[1856 United States presidential election in Vermont|1856]] to [[Richard Nixon]] in [[1960 United States presidential election in Vermont|1960]] (barring [[1912 United States presidential election in Vermont|1912]], where the county was won by [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive Party]] candidate and former president [[Theodore Roosevelt]]), the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] had a 104-year winning streak in the county.

In [[1964 United States presidential election in Vermont|1964]], Orleans County was won by [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] incumbent President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], who became not only the first Democratic presidential candidate to win Orleans County, but to win the state of Vermont overall. Following Johnson's victory in 1964, the county returned to voting for Republican candidates for another 20 years, starting with Richard Nixon in [[1968 United States presidential election in Vermont|1968]] and ending with [[George H. W. Bush]] in [[1988 United States presidential election in Vermont|1988]].

[[George W. Bush]] won Orleans County in [[2000 United States presidential election in Vermont|2000]], the only time the county would back a Republican between [[1992 United States presidential election in Vermont|1992]] and [[2020 United States presidential election in Vermont|2020]]. [[Donald Trump]] narrowly lost the county by a margin of 26 votes in [[2016 United States presidential election in Vermont|2016]]. Trump would finally flip the county back to Republicans in [[2024 United States presidential election in Vermont|2024]].

Normally voting among the most conservative counties in Vermont, the county overwhelmingly supported the Democratic presidential candidate in 2008 with nearly 63% of the vote. No town supported the Republican opponent. Nevertheless, the county elected only Republicans to the state senate and legislature and voted overwhelmingly for a Republican governor and lieutenant governor, yet Democratic for all other state offices.<ref>{{cite book |title = An Obama sweep, and a conservative upset | publisher = Burlington Free Press | date = November 7, 2008}}</ref><!---please understand that this section was not a WP:PR section for any particular candidate - merely a statement of ticket splitting--->
With one exception in the legislature for one district, the vote was not close for any office.

A record seventy-three percent of the voters turned out for the general election in 2000.<ref>{{cite book |title = Pollina easily outdistances Symington in county | publisher = the Chronicle | date = November 5, 2008}}</ref>

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{{PresRow|1884|Republican|2,476|681|143|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1880|Republican|2,911|804|27|Vermont}}
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