Vermont is interesting because it has the absence of the authoritarian left that traditionally dominates politics in urban areas (Vermont's few urban areas aren

Vermont is interesting because it has the absence of the authoritarian left that traditionally dominates politics in urban areas (Vermont's few urban areas aren't very urban) and the absence of the christian right and "not quite christian right but similarly conservative on all social issues" right like you find in a lot of the rest of the country. Basically the factions of both parties that care strongly about putting everyone else under their thumb when it comes to the social issues are under-represented in Vermont.