 From 1856 to 1988, Vermont voted Democratic only once, in Lyndon B. Johnson's landslide victory of 1964 against Barry M. Goldwater.It was also one of only two states—the other being Maine—where Franklin D. Roosevelt was completely shut out in all four of his presidential bids.In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Republican presidential candidates frequently won the state with over 70 percent of the vote.