LM71Blackbird t1_ja8ea5d wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:42 PM

Fun fact: in the movie 'White Christmas' (which takes place in VT), Danny Kaye makes a joke about finding a Democrat, implying that they were hard to come by in that era.

Climate_Face t1_ja9dpn7 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 8:26 PM

It was historically a red state, for sure. Finding dems then would be like finding the town of Pinetree now

Edit: wording, bad joke, etc

Zormageddon t1_jaam6ek wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:26 AM

Vermont historically was the reddest state in the union up until 1970-ish, if you look at the voting record.

LM71Blackbird t1_jaaqjcd wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:59 AM

Really wonder what happened...

Loudergood t1_jaaucq0 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:27 AM

Goldwater, southern strategy, Nixon.

Zormageddon t1_jaay5st wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:55 AM

My dad says there was a Playboy article about "how to turn a red state blue" back then (yes, there was very scholarly material in between all that lewd stuff). The article used Vermont as an example of a red state. After that, Bernie and his friends "moved in".

But hey, who knows really. 🤷‍♂️

LM71Blackbird t1_jaaybke wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:56 AM

Wow... Bernie is from NY. Wish he stayed there...