Obama's landslide win in Vermont outperformed Lyndon Johnson's 1964 Democratic landslide in the state, making the results of 2008 the strongest Democratic victory in Vermont's history.

Here are their last predictions before election day: Obama won every single pre-election poll, and each with a double-digit margin of victory.

It identified with the newly formed GOP in 1856 and remained in the Republican fold for over 130 years.

Vermont and Maine were the only states that Franklin D. Roosevelt didn't carry in any of his four elections.

Coupled with an influx of more liberal newcomers from out of state, this made Vermont considerably friendlier to Democrats as the national GOP moved further to the right.

After narrowly supporting George H. W. Bush in 1988, Vermont gave Bill Clinton a 16-point margin in 1992.

Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated.

Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them.

Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.