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| seats2_title = Seats in the House | seats2 = | seats3_title = Statewide Offices | seats3 = | seats4_title = Seats in the State Senate | seats4 = | seats5_title = Seats in the State House | seats5 = | website = (www.vtdemocrats.org ) | country = United States }} The Vermont Democratic Party is the affiliate branch of the United States Democratic Party in the state of Vermont. The party advocates progressivism and American liberalism in the Vermont government. Through most of its history, at least from the time of the American Civil War until the 1960s, Vermont was an almost exclusively Republican state, with Republicans dominating Vermont politics, especially the Governorship, from 1854-1960.〔Appleton, Andrew & Ward, Daniel. "State Party Profiles". Congressional Quarterly Inc, 1997. p. 324.〕 However, perhaps inspired by the election of John F. Kennedy as US President in 1960, Vermont's Democrats since that time have staged an impressive resurgence in Vermont's politics.〔In 1962, Philip Henderson Hoff (born June 29, 1924) became the first Democrat elected Governor of Vermont in 108 years, and held the office from 1963 to 1969〕 Today the Democrats have the dominant political party organization in the Green Mountain State, holding every major office at both the federal and state level except for Lieutenant Governor and one of the two US Senate seats, the latter held by Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats. ==History== The Vermont Democratic Party is relatively young. Since the state was dominated for so long by its Republicans, the United States Democratic Party gave little attention to Democrats in the state.〔Appleton, Andrew & Ward, Daniel. "State Party Profiles". Congressional Quarterly Inc, 1997. p. 330.〕 It wasn't until the 1960s that the Democrats started to pull together a statewide organization.〔 The exact date or year the state party was formed is unknown. It is difficult to conduct research about the party's history because it does not retain archives of historical documents.〔Appleton, Andrew & Ward, Daniel. "State Party Profiles". Congressional Quarterly Inc, 1997. p. 332.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vermont Democratic Party」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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