2008 Vermont Governor
| pollster | date | Pollina (P) | Douglas * | Symington | spread |
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Jim Douglas is running for his fourth two-year term as governor. Vermont is one of two states, along with New Hampshire, whose governors serve two-year terms. Douglas succeeded Howard Dean, the current DNC chairman, who served five full terms as governor.
Vermont is pretty unpredictable. In 2004, Douglas, a Republican, matched the vote total of John Kerry, a Democrat running for president -- with both receiving 59% of the vote. Though Vermont has voted Democratic in the last four presidential elections, it voted Republican in 15 of the 16 previous elections, with the lone exception coming in the 1964 landslide.
Democrats had trouble fielding a candidate after former Amb. Peter Gailbraith decided not to run. Many Democrats chose to back Progressive candidate Anthony Pollina over the lone Democrat running, Gaye Symington.
