Vermont Voters

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Created on Thursday, 06 November 2014 19:34
Written by Camille DeLongis

voterparticipationNORTHEAST KINGDOM - Voter turnout reached a record low in Vermont, but according to town offices around the Northeast Kingdom, there were impressive numbers for voter participation in the 2014 General Election.

The Associated Press reports only about 193,500 people made their way out to cast their ballot throughout the state, which is less than 50% of the registered voters. Here in the Northeast Kingdom though, Danville is leading the way with the highest turnout percentage at 55.7%.

Danville town clerk Sharon Daniell said she was surprised that the town saw as many voters as they did. 

The town of Peacham was impressed with their turnout as well, with a little over 50%.

Following right behind Danville and Peacham is Barnet with a voter participation of 49%.

While some town's managed a turnout hovering at about half of the registered voters in their towns, Sutton had the lowest turnout in the NEK with only 35.8% of ballot casters, but Gail Weed said she still thinks the turnout was quite good.

Not only did the NEK have pleasing numbers, but some towns in the Granite State managed to pull together a solid turnout. The town of Monroe beat out Vermont's Peacham, achieiving slightly more than 60% of voters. Town clerk Cindy Frazer said she though these numbers were good and higher than normal. 

Littleton and Haverhill saw more than half of their registered voters, seeing 55% and 52% of voter participation respectively. 

As for the state of Vermont as a whole, a new record low was set, with only 43.6% of voters hitting the booths. The previous record was set in 1978 when only 44.4% of registered voters made their voices heard.

In both years, there was no presidential race or U.S. Senate contest in Vermont.