2008 Vermont gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:2008 Vermont gubernatorial election
Country:Vermont
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2006 Vermont gubernatorial election
Previous Year:2006
Next Election:2010 Vermont gubernatorial election
Next Year:2010
Election Date:November 4, 2008
Image1:File:Jim Douglas-2009 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:Jim Douglas
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:170,492
Percentage1:53.4%
Nominee2:Anthony Pollina
Party2:Independent (United States)
Popular Vote2:69,791
Percentage2:21.8%
Image3:File:Gaye Symington (cropped).jpg
Nominee3:Gaye Symington
Party3:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote3:69,534
Percentage3:21.7%
Governor
Before Election:Jim Douglas
Before Party:Vermont Republican Party
After Election:Jim Douglas
After Party:Vermont Republican Party

The 2008 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 4. Incumbent Republican Governor Jim Douglas won re-election to a fourth term. The gubernatorial primary took place on September 9, 2008.

Despite Democrat Barack Obama concurrently winning the state in a landslide in the presidential election and carrying every county, Republican Governor Jim Douglas was able to win reelection in a landslide and carried every county in the state himself. Democrats actually came in third, about 200 votes behind Independent candidate Anthony Pollina. This is the last time that a gubernatorial nominee and a lieutenant gubernatorial nominee of the same political party were elected governor and lieutenant governor of Vermont.

General Election

Dates and deadlines

[1]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report[2] October 16, 2008
Rothenberg Political Report[3] November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball[4] November 3, 2008
Real Clear Politics[5] November 4, 2008

Polling

width=175px Sourcewidth=150px Datewidth=100px Jim
Douglas (R)
width=100px Anthony
Pollina (I/P)
width=100px Gaye
Symington (D)
align=left WCAXOctober 28, 2008 align=center47%23%24%
align=left RasmussenOctober 10, 2008 align=center45%25%20%

Results for Governor

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Results for Lieutenant governor

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://vermont-elections.org/elections1/critical_dates_2008.html 2008 Critical Election Dates
  2. Web site: 2008 Governor Race ratings. The Cook Political Report. en. March 4, 2021.
  3. Web site: 2008 Gubernatorial Ratings . Gubernatorial Ratings . The Rothenberg Political Report . May 25, 2021.
  4. Web site: THE LAST LAST WORD The Crystal Ball's Final Projections for the 2008 Election . Sabato's Crystal Ball . December 25, 2021 .
  5. Web site: November 4, 2008 . 2008 Vermont Governor Race. March 8, 2021 . RealClearPolitics.