'The Progressive Realignment of Vermont, 1969 - 2006'

《佛蒙特州渐进式重组，1969-2006》将是佛蒙特州脱离共和党的第一部当代历史。虽然桑德斯被称为参议员伯尼·桑德斯的故乡，但它只是东北部市政当局发起的一场选举革命的一个方面，这场革命颠覆了新英格兰的政治格局--后来成为全国进步复兴的基础。从根本上说，我的研究将会问，为什么曾经是最保守的州之一的佛蒙特州经历了渐进式的调整，为什么这对在全国范围内理解美国左翼政治很重要。我的研究从20世纪70年代佛蒙特州人所称的“嬉皮入侵”开始，即以前参与反文化运动的以年轻、白人为主的外州移民的涌入，然后一直持续到20世纪80年代、90年代和21世纪头10年，我的研究将考虑嬉皮入侵在佛蒙特州政治转型中的作用。我将以未来民主党总统候选人伯尼·桑德斯和霍华德·迪恩的政治崛起为案例进行研究。虽然两人都是佛蒙特州和民主党的变革性人物，但他们象征着佛蒙特州重组的不同理想。桑德斯是独立的社会主义者，迪恩是建制派自由派州长。使用几十年的格式，我的研究将记录推动两人不太可能在全国范围内声名鹊起的政治格局，与现有的文化战争等问题的史学相联系，这是一场关于20世纪60年代的社会变革是对美国有利还是有害的争论(Hartmann，2019，PG)。102)。我的研究将在2006年结束，当时迪恩2004年竞选总统失败，2005年当选民主党全国委员会主席，2006年桑德斯当选参议员，佛蒙特州的国有化重组达到顶峰。

'The Progressive Realignment of Vermont, 1969 - 2006' will be the first contemporary history of Vermont's realignment away from the Republican Party. While known as the homeland of Senator Bernie Sanders, Sanders was just one facet of an electoral revolution waged in north-eastern municipalities that upended the political landscape of New England - before serving as the foundation for a national progressive resurgence. Fundamentally, my research will ask why Vermont, once among the most conservative states, underwent a progressive realignment, and why this is important for understanding American left-wing politics nationally. Beginning in the 1970s with what Vermonters dubbed the 'hippy invasion', an influx of predominantly young, white, out-of-state migrants previously involved in counterculture movements, before proceeding through the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, my research will consider the hippy invasion's role in Vermont's political transformation. I will use the political ascensions of future Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Howard Dean as case studies. While both have been transformative figures in Vermont and the Democratic Party, they symbolise differing ideals of Vermont's realignment. Sanders, the independent socialist, and Dean, the establishment liberal governor. Using the multi-decade format, my research will document the political landscape that facilitated the duo's unlikely rise to national prominence, connecting with the existing historiography of matters like the Culture Wars, 'a wrangle over whether the social changes of the 1960s had benefited or harmed America' (Hartmann, 2019, pg. 102). My research will conclude in 2006, following Dean's unsuccessful 2004 presidential campaign and election as Chair of the Democratic National Committee in 2005, alongside Sanders' election to the Senate in 2006, the culmination of the nationalisation of Vermont's realignment.