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The Vermont constitution and the courts support the right of a person to walk (fish and hunt) on any unposted, unfenced, land. That is, trespass must be proven by the owner; it is not automatically presumed. [64] Vermont is the only state in the union without a balanced budget requirement. [65]
Map based on last Senate election in each state as of 2024. Starting with the 2000 United States presidential election, the terms "red state" and "blue state" have referred to US states whose voters vote predominantly for one party—the Republican Party in red states and the Democratic Party in blue states—in presidential and other statewide elections.
The U.S. flag did not add any stripes, resulting in the Vermont flag having more stripes than the national flag. [1] On October 20, 1837, Vermont changed its flag to a design based on the 13-stripe U.S. flag, but with the multiple stars of the blue canton replaced with a single large star surrounding Vermont's coat of arms.
The idea of “red states” and “blue states” may feel deeply embedded in the symbolism of US politics, but before 2000 the colors were often the other way around.
Blue Gold; First used by the University of California, Berkeley in 1875, and officially adopted by the state in 1951, [4] blue represents the sky and gold represents the California Gold Rush. [5] The colors are defined by several different standards in law: [6] International Commission on Illumination: Blue: Y 0.063 x 0.204 y 0.165
If included in the total, the votes behind the blue wall numbered 257, just 13 short of what is needed to win. Some in the mainstream media did, however, suspect the Democrats might lose Pennsylvania. Nate Silver had criticized the idea of the blue wall, pointing to a similar "red wall/red sea" of states that voted Republican from 1968 to 1988.
New York took the #2 slot for the top states that are most likely to turn into blue zones, due to its percentage of residents who meet daily recommendations for fruit and vegetable consumption.
There have been numerous reasons given for why New England has found such strong legal recognition for same-sex marriages in comparison to the rest of the United States, including low religiosity, high educational attainment, strong social libertarianism, a long history of open same-sex relationships (including Boston marriages), and a general ...