[SamAdams76]

Vermont always surprises me because you would think that this would be a state of rugged individualists that would heavily lean conservative/libertarian.

I guess the big cities of Burlington, Montpelier and Brattleboro really overpower the smaller towns.

[woodbutcher1963]

Burlington is a big college town. Two very liberal colleges are in downtown Burlington. The whole town smells like pot.

The rest of Vermont are either old hippies like Ben & Jerry and ex NYC people that own all the bed & breakfast’s Inns or ski bums.

The only salt of the earth types are the dairy farmers that have been in VT since the Green Mtn Boys in the 1700’s.
They have big signs on their barns that say “Take Back VT”.
They are WAY out voted.

[dayglored]

> Vermont always surprises me because you would think that this would be a state of rugged individualists that would heavily lean conservative/libertarian.

Vermont has Constitutional Carry -- it's one of the most (if not the most) 2A-friendly States.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Vermont

[BiglyCommentary]

Vermont has lots of Ben and Jerry burnt out hippy types.

[COBOL2Java]

Vermont always surprises me because you would think that this would be a state of rugged individualists that would heavily lean conservative/libertarian.

I guess the big cities of Burlington, Montpelier and Brattleboro really overpower the smaller towns.

Same as with Maryland. Western Maryland is pretty conservative, Southern Maryland a little less so. However, the heavy RAT distributions in the Baltimore/DC region overpowers the rest of the state.