The State of the Election: Vermont- Once a Yankee-Republican state, an influx of people from surrounding liberal states has turned it deep blue.
It's common knowledge at this point that Vermont is one of the most liberal states in America. It has always been the first state called for Democrats on election night, and that won't likely change this time around, even with the influx of mail-in ballots. Ironically, Vermont was one of only two states where FDR failed to win in all 4 of his elections (the other being Maine). 1. How has (this state) voted in the past, and how do the different regions/ counties of (this state) vote? From the time of the Civil War and through the better part of the 20th century, Vermont was pretty much an uncontested Republican state. Even Franklin Delano Roosevelt couldn't manage to win it, as even his enormous coalition didn't appeal to Vermonters. Only in the 60's, when younger liberals from surrounding states began to move in, did the state become more competitive. Although Lyndon Johnson crushed Barry Goldwater here in 1964, sweeping every county, Vermont snapped back