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Old 06-09-2012, 11:05 AM
 
Location: Portland, Maine
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Which state is the most liberal? Massachusetts, Vermont or another?
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Old 06-09-2012, 11:27 AM
 
Location: Massachusetts & Hilton Head, SC
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I'd say Vermont.
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Old 06-09-2012, 12:01 PM
 
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http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/top-10-most-liberal-vs-most-conservative-states/


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Old 06-09-2012, 11:44 PM
 
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I'd said Vermont though it depends a bit on your definition of liberal. Massachusetts (especially after a 10 year stint in DC/NoVa) feels a bit conservative and uptight. Vermont is more libertarian and crunchy liberal where Massachusetts is more of a traditional liberal. There are states that rival Massachusetts and Vermont in terms of liberalness and definitely areas within states. SanFran is probably more liberal then both and fairly equal is size so I'm comfortable comparing it to a NE state.
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Old 06-10-2012, 09:47 AM
 
Location: North Quabbin, MA
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If by liberal, you mean generally first to fight corporate America, probably Vermont.

Last state to get a Wal-Mart, fighting the uphill battle to labeling genetically-modified food, ruled against keeping their leaky resident nuke plant open (which the feds refuse to regulate, and the owner refuses to fix). The corporations always win, but at least VT takes a cute little symbolic position against the soul-crushing B.S.

First to allow gay civil unions.

Brattleboro voted to arrest Dick Cheney for war crimes, if he ever visited town, eliciting death threats against town officials from the angry mobs all around the country.

They also have a secessionist movement.

It's a good live-and-let-live, libertarian kind of place. Nobody's coercing their own neighbors, and there's plenty of right-wingers in those beautiful hills too.
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Old 06-10-2012, 06:30 PM
 
Location: San Antonio
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I'd said Vermont though it depends a bit on your definition of liberal. Massachusetts (especially after a 10 year stint in DC/NoVa) feels a bit conservative and uptight. Vermont is more libertarian and crunchy liberal where Massachusetts is more of a traditional liberal. There are states that rival Massachusetts and Vermont in terms of liberalness and definitely areas within states. SanFran is probably more liberal then both and fairly equal is size so I'm comfortable comparing it to a NE state.
Overall, I would say MA. Western MA is more in line like the "earthy crunchy" type liberal that Vermont represents. Eastern MA is a different type of "latte liberal", that Vermont lacks, sans Burlington.
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Old 06-10-2012, 07:23 PM
 
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Western MA is much more liberal than most of eastern MA like Greater Lowell or the lower cape.
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Old 06-11-2012, 02:03 PM
 
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VT - I'd say. My brother lives in VT, north of Burlington, and we both say VT seems more liberal. We grew up in MA, but VT seems more granola crunchy to both of us. There's a younger population, in general, in Burlington who seem to be liberal. Remember, too, you've got Bernie Sanders there.

Agree that Western MA is more like VT and that Eastern MA is more "latte liberal." After living in NYC, though, I'd say NYC can be more "latte liberal" than MA. Bloomberg, recall, is from Medford and in many ways (though definitely not all) a "latte liberal" and Democrat when it's convenient.

Consistently, though, RI is quite liberal generally speaking, but not usually in terms of religious issues due to the high numbers of Catholics.
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Old 06-11-2012, 05:21 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas
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There are pockets of Western Mass that are very conservative. Quite a few flag waving, Obama-is-a-foreigner Repubs up in the hilltowns.
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Old 06-11-2012, 05:59 PM
 
Location: Montreal -> CT -> MA -> Montreal -> Ottawa
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I'm going to take a wild guess and saaaaay.... D.C., followed my MA.
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