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Originally Posted by phoenix
look what happened to Vermont. It use to be very conservative and primarily farming then became a haven for yuppies from New York and now they have a socialist senator
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As someone with fourth generation family roots in VT - it really depends where in VT you came from - and despite the farming and agricultural nature of VT - it was never really a homebase for conservatism... The cities of Burlington, home to four universities has always been a haven of liberal politics, and since the majority of the population lives in that region, hard to say that VT was a conservative state.
Bernie Sanders has done amazing things for the state - starting first in Burlington, and expanding to state-wide. He's a quirky fella to be sure - but a very good leader for VT - and Patrick Leahy could hardly be considered a conservative - nor could the renegade republican, Jeffords.
It was not really and influx of yuppies from NY - had to do more with all the college kids staying in VT after graduating.
Just my opinion....
