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Primary Rules
See Vermont primary election type, who can vote in primaries, and historical 2024 Democratic and Republican delegate allocation details.
Who Can Vote
Vermont is listed with an Open primary classification for Democratic State, Republican State, Democratic Presidential, and Republican Presidential. Voters can generally choose a party primary under the listed rule, subject to state and party requirements.
Open: Democratic State, Republican State, Democratic Presidential, and Republican Presidential.
Primary rules can vary by party, office, and election cycle. Confirm your current ballot eligibility with state election officials, your local election office, or the relevant political party.
The delegate totals on this page are historical 2024 presidential cycle data. They help explain the last presidential allocation cycle but should not be treated as current-cycle delegate counts.
Primary Type
Vermont has nonpartisan registration. There is no option to affiliate with a political party on the voter registration form. Voters do not declare affiliation with a party in order to vote in primary elections, however they must choose one party's ballot. All registered voters can vote in the primary election—but can only vote on one ballot. A person voting...
Delegates
2024 Democratic Delegates
The Democratic party will send a total of 24 Delegate Votes (16 Pledged, 38unpledged) and 2 Alternate delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The party will use a proportional representation system based on the results of the Presidential Primary...
2024 Republican Delegates
The Republican party will send a total of 17 Delegate Votes (3 district-level, 11 at-large, 3 RNC) and 14 Alternate delegates to the Republican National Convention. All 17 of Vermont's delegates to the Republican National Convention are bound to presidential...
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Vermont is listed with the following primary type classification: Open.
Vermont is listed with an Open primary classification for Democratic State, Republican State, Democratic Presidential, and Republican Presidential. Voters can generally choose a party primary under the listed rule, subject to state and party requirements.
The model lists 24 Democratic delegate votes and 17 Republican delegate votes for the 2024 presidential cycle.
The delegate totals shown for Vermont are historical 2024 presidential cycle data where listed. Confirm current-cycle delegate plans with official party materials or state election sources.
Use state election materials, party materials, and selected reference links where available. This page links to Primary Elections and www.ncsl.org - Primary Types.