You’d be surprised, there’s a good portion of republicans in the state.

That being said most of them are pretty quiet about it or live in more rural settings. NEK currently has the highest concentration of vocal republicans and Chittenden County has the lowest. In chittenden county it’s almost impossible to be a republican without scrutiny from neighbors and other towns folks since it seems a good majority of the community is transplants or college students(Burlington area)

In my experience when talking with other republicans its more about limiting government spending and overreach. I’d dare say that most of the republicans here would be considered independents in other states due to most of them support gay rights, abortion access, and other personal freedoms.

I have noticed the divide is getting bigger though; especially in Burlington. I find that more people are focused on the national level and will outright disregard any opposing argument if it comes from someone whom they deem as republican. Even scarier are the patriot front types and extreme leftist who are spreading their hatred and vitriol to the communities further polarizing moderates.