Talk:Political party strength in Vermont

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Jim Jeffords' party affiliation[edit]

While this chart correctly shows how Jim Jeffords aligned himself after 2001 (as independent of either party, but voting often with the Democrats), he was elected as a Republican. So, (R) would have been his designation in the Senate during that time. It might be appropriate to retain the color yellow to reflect his voting, but restore (R) next to his name with a note to explain that, technically he was elected as a Republican. However, look at how Bernie Sanders is handled at Vermont (see Talk:Vermont#Sanders party affiliation), whose color has not changed since he declared himself a candidate for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. Bernie still retains the status as an independent that brought him to office in the Senate. User:HopsonRoad 15:36, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"Registering" as a Democrat[edit]

IOnlyKnowFiveWords, in a recent edit comment, you spoke of Sanders "registering" as a Democrat in 2015-16 and 2019-20. Prior to 2020, one had to submit a petition with sufficient signatures to be on a ballot. At no time, that I'm aware of, has Sanders ever "registered" as a Democrat in any manner, despite having run as a candidate for office under that party's banner, multiple times. He has run in Democratic primary elections via having petitions place his name on the ballot. In 2020 Act 92 dispensed with petitions because of COVID and allowed candidates to file a consent form with the Vermont Secretary of State for their name to be on the ballot. I'm not sure what the change that you made was, I just wanted to make sure that it was consistent with the above. Cheers, HopsonRoad (talk) 00:14, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]