Vermont Proposal 4 Election Results 2026: Equal Protection
The New York Times is live-tracking Vermont's Proposal 4, the Equal Protection ballot measure amending the State Constitution to guarantee equal protection regardless of race, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, and other categories, which was called for the Yes side with 79.1 percent of the vote as of 3:43 PM ET. The page's wider 2026 midterm coverage reports sweeping Democratic victories, from flipped seats in Indiana, Michigan, and California to Senate control projected at 54 seats, with President Trump praising his White House ballroom renovations rather than addressing the defeat and Hakeem Jeffries declaring, "It wasn't a blue wave, it was an American tsunami."
