And Trump Derangment Syndrome was in full flower.
According to a recent poll by internet-based WalletHub, Vermont was behind only New Hampshire and Wyoming in terms of which states are most invested in patriotic pride, based on a range of 13 criteria.
Montpelier tried to improve the average on Wednesday.
Although Independence Day celebrations are largely non-partisan, there was plenty of politicking about the current Trump administration and its policies in Wednesday’s parade.
Several floats making political protests included: Extinction Rebellion, which is fighting climate change; Sustainable Montpelier Coalition, with a cardboard float that is “recyclable” and will be used again next year; Vermonters for Palestinian and Migrant Justice; All Things LGBT; and Indivisible groups from Calais, Mad River Valley, Onion River (Plainfield/Marshfield), and the Northeast Kingdom, protesting the handling of the Mueller Report.
The top 5.
1 |
New Hampshire |
63.08 |
30 |
5 |
2 |
Wyoming |
62.67 |
10 |
6 |
3 |
Vermont |
62.25 |
40 |
1 |
4 |
Utah |
62.12 |
38 |
2 |
5 |
Idaho |
61.62 |
9 |
7 |
Civic Engagement – Total Points: 75
- Share of Adults Who Voted in 2016 Presidential Election: Triple Weight (~22.50 Points) Not in the top 5
- Share of Adults Who Voted in 2016 Primary Elections: Full Weight (~7.50 Points)
- Volunteer Rate: Half Weight (~3.75 Points) Not in the top 5
- Volunteer Hours per Resident: Half Weight (~3.75 Points)
- AmeriCorps Volunteers per Capita: Half Weight (~3.75 Points)
- Peace Corps Volunteers per Capita: Half Weight (~3.75 Points) Vermont was #1
- Trial- & Grand-Jury Participation per Civilian Adult Population: Full Weight (~7.50 Points)
- Share of Residents Who Participate in Groups or Organizations (Civic Life): Full Weight (~7.50 Points)
- Civics Education Requirement: Double Weight (~15.00 Points)
As for a Civics Education I can only imagine the crap that’s being tought in Vermont Schools.
Military enlistees per capita Vermont ranked #47.
Vermont is a deep blue one party progressive democrat state with a liberal RINO goveneror.
The Vermont State animal should be the Jackass not the Catamount.
Personally I feel that this survey is a deeply flawed. But I guess for the Progressive Democrats of Vermont their idea of “Patriotism” is what this survey was looking for.
Click on the link below. A sampling of yesterday’s Times Argus letters to the Editor .
Someday the people of Vermont will experence Real Socialism, hopefully good and hard.