There’s no smooth way to transition into this, so I’ll go into it as slick as I possibly can:

As Vermonters, why do you think we aren’t facing the same kind of ethnic sectionalism that other states face today and have faced in the past (much like ours from the 1880s to the 1940s)?

Also, the largest ethnic bloc in Vermont is the French/French-Canadian population, with that – why do you think Vermont has never had a French governor in its near 220 year history?

I could sit here and explain my views, being Irish, French-Canadian, and Puerto Rican… but I’m far more interested in what you all think.