Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Together Only Receive 85.8% of Vermont Presidential Vote

Here is a link to the Vermont presidential election results, which are not final. They show that 6.9% of the voters cast a write-in vote, and 7.3% of the voters voted for a minor party or independent candidate who was listed on the ballot. Probably the vast majority of the write-ins are for Bernie Sanders. The Vermont Secretary of State will tally them in the near future. Thanks to Austin Cassidy for the link.

Never before have the voters of any state cast as much as 3% of their vote to any particular write-in candidate for President in a general election. The previous record had been the Ralph Nader write-in in 2000 in Idaho. He got 2.45% of the vote.

New Nevada Voter Registration Data

The latest Nevada voter registration data is here. The Secretary of State’s web page does not include the Green Party, but the ofice has said that there are now 4,306 registered Greens. The percentages are: Democratic 39.44%; Republican 33.37%; Independent American (Constitution) 4.32%; Libertarian .91%; Green .29%; independent and miscellaneous 21.66%.

In January 2016 the percentages had been: Democratic 39.15%; Republican 35.16%; Independent American 4.65%; Libertarian .81%; Green .19%; independent and miscellaneous 20.05%.

Vermont Progressive Party Wins Lieutenant Governorship

For the first time, a member of the Vermont Progressive Party has been elected to a statewide office. Party activist David Zuckerman won the Lieutenant Governor’s race. Here are the election returns. Vermont permits fusion, and the Democratic Party had also nominated him. In Vermont, when a candidate has the nomination of two parties, the ballot lists the party that the candidate is a member of first, followed by the name of the other party that also nominated him or her. Zuckerman was on the ballot as “Progressive, Democrat.”

To see the Lieutenant Governor returns, click the triangle in the box that says “Governor”. That will advance the page to the Lieutenant Governor race.