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Donkees

(31,332 posts) Sat Feb 15, 2020, 02:24 PM Feb 2020

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Inside Burlington, Vermont: Bernie Sanders' hometown

Feb 15, 2020

What do the residents of Burlington, Vermont, the adopted hometown of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), think of him? The Democratic presidential candidate was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., but moved to Vermont in 1968 at the age of 27 and spent eight years as mayor of Burlington in the 1980s. Burlington shaped Sanders as Sanders shaped Burlington, so much so that it’s hard to consider one without the other.

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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Inside Burlington, Vermont: Bernie Sanders' hometown (Original Post) Donkees Feb 2020 OP

Kicked! KPN Feb 2020 #1

Population approx. 38,000 in 1980s frazzled Feb 2020 #2

FYI.....an awesome place to visit. virgogal Feb 2020 #3

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KPN

(15,635 posts)

1. Kicked!

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Sat Feb 15, 2020, 02:34 PM

Feb 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

frazzled

(18,402 posts)

2. Population approx. 38,000 in 1980s

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Sat Feb 15, 2020, 02:37 PM

Feb 2020

So being the mayor of a smaller sized city is important experience? (South Bend, IN, pop. 102,000, about 2 1/2 times larger).

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

virgogal

(10,178 posts)

3. FYI.....an awesome place to visit.

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Sat Feb 15, 2020, 02:43 PM

Feb 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Donkees

(31,332 posts)

4. *

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Sat Feb 15, 2020, 04:04 PM

Feb 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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