Editing Bennington County, Vermont (section)

==Politics==
In [[1828 United States presidential election in Vermont|1828]], Bennington County voted for [[National Republican Party]] candidate [[John Quincy Adams]] and for [[Henry Clay]] in [[1832 United States presidential election in Vermont|1832]].

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 would vote for the [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig Party]]'s 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]], the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] would have a 104-year winning streak in the county.

In [[1964 United States presidential election in Vermont|1964]], the 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 the county, but to win the state of Vermont entirely.

Following the Democrats' victory in 1964, the county went back to voting for Republican candidates for another 20 year winning streak 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]], who became the last Republican presidential candidate to win the county.

In [[1992 United States presidential election in Vermont|1992]] the county was won by [[Bill Clinton]] and has been won by Democratic candidates ever since.

The county has voted for the statewide winner in forty-seven consecutive elections, tied with neighboring [[Rutland County, Vermont]] for the longest such streak in the nation.

{{PresHead|place=Bennington County, Vermont|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=June 8, 2018}}</ref>|source2=<ref>The leading "other" candidate, [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]], received 1,380 votes, while Socialist candidate [[Eugene V. Debs|Eugene Debs]] received 105 votes, [[Prohibition Party|Prohibition]] candidate [[Eugene W. Chafin|Eugene Chafin]] received 49 votes.</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|7,114|12,705|643|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|5,925|9,539|1,917|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|5,687|11,514|392|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|6,133|12,524|472|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|7,616|11,069|380|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|7,284|9,021|1,372|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|5,229|8,139|2,784|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|5,895|8,178|4,143|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|8,387|7,174|164|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|9,035|6,039|210|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|6,091|5,361|2,269|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|6,712|5,443|232|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|7,542|4,804|107|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|5,967|4,966|483|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|3,895|7,359|0|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|7,099|4,502|1|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|8,434|2,719|4|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|8,385|3,018|34|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|5,840|3,340|194|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|5,252|3,709|0|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|5,845|4,308|27|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|5,515|4,166|153|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|5,250|3,964|202|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|6,114|3,498|18|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|5,341|1,466|518|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|4,172|1,615|54|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|2,602|1,590|116|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1912|Republican|1,464|1,057|1,534|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|2,453|748|129|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,419|745|92|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|2,666|871|38|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|3,086|656|97|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|2,196|1,155|69|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|2,497|1,128|487|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|2,335|1,366|30|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1880|Republican|2,641|1,440|0|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1876|Republican|2,426|1,728|0|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1872|Republican|2,471|864|88|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1868|Republican|2,592|885|0|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1864|Republican|2,327|1,021|3|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1860|Republican|1,937|710|99|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1856|Republican|2,120|785|70|Vermont}}
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