Vermont is part latte liberal, part dairy farmer, part college town, with a few industrial areas like Burlington etc. So it's really an ideal Democratic state, except for the fact that there are relatively few minorities there.
why would a dairy farmer be more inclined to vote Democrat?
Why would one be inclined to vote republican? But to answer milk subsidies and other farm subsidies.
How does that explain states like Nebraska, then. After all, on the state level you pretty much have to support farm subsidies to win there, from what I hear, but they also voted for emphatically anti-farm subsidies McCain.
Well they do elect ben nelson. But i wasnt saying that farmers in general vote dem just that one reason why they do is indeed subsidies, of course in vermont reasons maybe just old political traditions of being more liberal on many things as the reason. Also for what its worth i see more democratic signs at farms in my area, well non farm homes in the country side seem more republican.