Sanders-loving Vermont lawmaker snags GOP nomination
Source: Politico
Vermont Rep. Peter Welch is about as liberal a member of Congress as you'll find. So what's he doing running for reelection as a Republican?
Fear not, Democrats. It turns out Welch, the Green Mountain States lone representative, will be on the ballot this fall as both a Democrat and a Republican. A write-in campaign for the GOP nomination was launched on his behalf without his knowledge, and after coming out on top, Welch accepted.
Obviously, theres no secret about where my policies are, where my voting record is, Welch said in an interview. Without a hint of sarcasm, however, he added: Ive accepted the Republican nomination [and] Im pleased to have it.
On most issues, Welch is a Bernie Sanders-backing, card-carrying progressive. But Republicans adore the 69-year-old congressman, and he's actually kinda proud of his cross-party credentials.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/peter-welch-vermont-democrat-republican-229251
House of Roberts
(5,119 posts)If I thought I could deal with the cold and snow, I'd try to move there. I've lived in Alabama almost all my life.
cstanleytech
(26,080 posts)most of the southern states as well as alot of the more rural states with lower populations.
If you had a better educated voter base then you probably would see far fewer extremist like Rubio, Ryan or Trump winning in many higher offices which is probably why the GOP has been gutting funding for most school systems because they rely on an uneducated voter base to maintain power.
misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)How bout rrrred State (and not very southern) Idaho? North (we love fracking) Dakota?
Just sayin'
UCmeNdc
(9,589 posts)misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)nt
cstanleytech
(26,080 posts)Its an issue of a population that has not been given a good well rounded education part of which is learning to think for themselves and that causes alot of people to not educate themselves on the issues and on who they are voting for and instead they far to often listen on the radio or watch to much of a certain news channel for who they are supposed to vote for and then they blindly do it.
Also Maine and North Dakota both fall into the rural area as far as states go as both have a low population compared to say New York and in general more rural areas tend to vote Republican due I suspect to a lack of exposure to other people and ideas which people in denser population areas experience.
jayschool
(180 posts)According to a College Board study released last year, Vermont ranks 8th of 50 states in educational attainment.
Of the reliably red states, Kansas ranks the highest in educational attainment at 14th of the 50 states. Utah is 15th and Nebraska is 20th.
You can guess where the Southern states are on that list.
[link:http://247wallst.com/special-report/2015/09/23/the-most-and-least-educated-states/|