 Vermont is the only state that did not receive a visit from George W. Bush during his tenure as President of the United States.Indeed, George W. Bush is the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Vermont; he lost it in 2004 as well.In 2008, Vermont gave Barack Obama his third-largest margin of victory (37 percentage points) and third-largest vote share in the nation by his winning the state 68% to 31%.