Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT Metro Area — Elections 1876–2024

Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT, New Hampshire: Populist metro. In 2024, voted D+21%. Republican peak: R+58 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+21MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: PopulistAkashic typology
Population: 223,5862024 5-year
Median household income: $83,2442024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 90.8%2024 5-year
Black: 0.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 2.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+29 in 2008MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+58 in 1896MIT Election Lab

2024 results by constituent county

4 counties · 3 D · 1 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+20.7%	80,219	52,088	136,144
2020	D	+24.3%	79,250	47,571	130,144
2016	D	+17.2%	63,817	43,418	118,451
2012	D	+26.3%	70,562	40,663	113,603
2008	D	+29.5%	75,938	40,987	118,560
2004	D	+14.0%	64,334	48,331	114,437
2000	D	+2.4%	48,384	45,967	101,243
1996	D	+16.9%	48,053	32,425	92,341
1992	D	+10.2%	42,955	33,052	96,744
1988	R	−14.3%	34,848	46,604	82,230
1984	R	−26.8%	27,676	48,132	76,421
1980	R	−19.8%	23,317	37,871	73,593
1976	R	−15.6%	26,772	36,878	64,972
1972	R	−28.8%	23,263	42,316	66,240
1968	R	−18.1%	22,495	32,905	57,479
1964	D	+28.1%	37,434	21,018	58,454
1960	R	−28.3%	22,121	39,579	61,702
1956	R	−50.0%	14,597	43,785	58,400
1952	R	−47.1%	15,740	43,805	59,609
1948	R	−31.7%	16,412	31,938	48,943
1944	R	−18.5%	21,268	30,929	52,210
1940	R	−14.0%	23,137	30,697	53,885
1936	R	−20.4%	20,513	31,128	51,939
1932	R	−21.9%	18,883	29,621	49,041
1928	R	−44.0%	13,245	34,282	47,787
1924	R	−51.5%	9,367	30,560	41,170
1920	R	−39.9%	11,275	26,410	37,895
1916	R	−12.1%	10,454	13,375	24,153
1912	R	−5.7%	7,533	8,895	24,104
1908	R	−40.5%	6,625	16,026	23,240
1904	R	−42.3%	6,327	15,963	22,769
1900	R	−40.6%	6,840	16,478	23,719
1896	R	−57.9%	4,412	18,144	23,731
1892	R	−21.5%	9,232	14,410	24,134
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

English

22.6%

Irish

15.6%

German

9.6%

French

9.2%

Italian

7.0%

American

6.5%

Scottish

4.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 45.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.6%

3.3%

75–84

3.7%

7.1%

65–74

7.2%

7.6%

55–64

8.0%

5.8%

45–54

5.9%

5.8%

35–44

5.8%

25–34

5.6%

4.8%

18–24

4.2%

6.6%

5–17

6.3%

2.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$83,244

Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT ranks near the middle of US counties.

Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT$83,244

New Hampshire$99,031

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.9%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 1811.3%

Working age (18–64)9.6%

Seniors (65+)9.7%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

95.7%

speak English only

Other Indo-European2.0%

Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%

Spanish1.0%

Other languages0.2%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

10.7%

Other Christian

3.8%

Mainline Protestant

3.6%

Baptist

2.1%

Methodist

1.5%

Non-Christian

0.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 76.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

This small cross-border metro anchors New Hampshire's western edge and Vermont's eastern strip, where college-town demographics around Dartmouth consistently push presidential margins closer than either state's broader rural precincts.

The Democratic margin in Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT peaked at twenty-nine points in 2008. By 1992 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was twenty-one points, the most Democratic-leaning result in the metro's modern history.

The economic context is the key. The median household income of $83,244 sits well below state and national norms, and 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT, New Hampshire vote in 2024?

In 2024, Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT, New Hampshire voted Democratic by 20.7 points (D+21), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 136,144 votes cast, 80,219 went Democratic and 52,088 went Republican.

What is Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT, New Hampshire's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT, New Hampshire as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 10 times, Republican 24 times, and other 0 times.

When did Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT, New Hampshire last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT, New Hampshire voted Republican was 1988.

How many people live in Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT, New Hampshire?

Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT, New Hampshire has a population of 223,586 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT, New Hampshire?

Median household income in Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT, New Hampshire is $83,244 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Hampshire state median is $99,031.

What is the political history of Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT, New Hampshire?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT, New Hampshire from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 24 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT was solidly Democratic for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.

Key facts

Demographics

Frequently asked questions