For what it's worth, an unscientific online poll conducted by the popular lefty blog Daily Kos has found that people around the country see Vermont as the most New England of the six states in the region.
The question, asked on a DK Wednesday thread, was "Which of these states most epitomizes New England to you? The results, based on 9,942 responses as of Thursday morning, was as follows:
Vermont 3,424
Massachusetts 3.136
Maine 1,380
New Hampshire 1,174
Connecticut 546
Rhode Island 282
Not bad for the state with the smallest population of the six states. Or maybe that's exactly what makes the state seem more New Englandy than the rest. Or maybe it means absolutely nothing.
Your take?
-- Sam Hemingway
