According to the Vermont Secretary of State’s office, the state recorded a record voter turnout in this year’s general election.
This news comes via a tweet from the office, which states that VT’s previous highest turnout was in 2008, when 326,822 ballots were cast. In this election, Vermonters voted overwhelmingly in favor of Democrat Barack Obama (219,262 votes) against the Republican candidate, John McCain (98,974 votes). Obama went on to win the presidency.
This year, according to the Secretary of State, over 360,000 VT residents participated in the general election, with some towns and ballots still uncounted. Approximately 260,000 of these ballots came from early voting.
According to the Associated Press, 242,805 voters cast their ballot for the Democratic candidate Joe Biden, while 112,689 voted for the incumbent, Republican Donald Trump.
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