Can Vermont Be a Model for the Rest of the U.S.?
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Vermont is one among the bluest states within the nation. It gave Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden two-thirds of the choose 2020, providing Biden together with his single biggest winning margin in any state. Vermont sends a socialist , Bernie Sanders, to the U.S. Senate, and it's one among the few strong left-wing third parties of any state. Yet for 3 elections running, Vermont's voters have chosen Phil Scott, a Republican, to be their governor – by increasing margins. Scott won his first two-year term in 2016 by 9 points, his second in 2018 by 15 points, and in 2020 by a shocking 41 points. How is it possible that an equivalent state has given politicians as diverse as Biden, Sanders and Scott overwhelming victories? Political observers in Vermont credit Scott's savvy and his moderate approach to governing, also as his location during a state that's sufficiently small and independent that private appeal can trump national politics. ...