catfish remarked:
"Does anyone know anything about the VT electorate?
I have trouble believing that one sect of our population could be so anti-patriotic that they would install and perpetuate an avowed communist, who is hell bent on destroying the U.S."
Vermont is "the leftmost" state in the union. More than Massachusetts, New York, California, or Hawaii.
But it's strange up there. The leftism is super-concentrated into a few influential areas, less so in others. The "old Vermonters" -- who used to be the "Take Back Vermont" folks -- are less in numbers than they used to be, but I suspect many of them have simply "gone underground", keeping things to themselves.
And if you get up into the Northeast Kingdom (one of the most beautiful areas of the country) it's more conservative, as well.
The "cities" are all relatively small, with the exception of Burlington, which is communist (Sanders was mayor there).
It's hard to believe that up until a few years ago, Vermont also had some of the "least restrictive" gun laws in America. Before the term "Constitutional carry" got bandied around, no permit was needed to carry a weapon in Vermont. For years it was the ONLY state that was this way.
I wouldn't mind living in Bennington. I'd just keep my head down...