For Vermont's Sanders, Victory Followed Long Path; First Socialist Elected to House in Decades Gets Attention With Frank Talk of Class Conflict

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Christopher B. Daly. "For Vermont's Sanders, Victory Followed Long Path; First Socialist Elected to House in Decades Gets Attention With Frank Talk of Class Conflict." The Washington Post. Washingtonpost Newsweek Interactive. 1990. HighBeam Research. 5 Apr. 2016 <https://www.highbeam.com>.

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Christopher B. Daly. "For Vermont's Sanders, Victory Followed Long Path; First Socialist Elected to House in Decades Gets Attention With Frank Talk of Class Conflict." The Washington Post. 1990. HighBeam Research. (April 5, 2016). https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1158059.html

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For Vermont's Sanders, Victory Followed Long Path; First Socialist Elected to House in Decades Gets Attention With Frank Talk of Class Conflict

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November 11, 1990 | Christopher B. Daly | Copyright

In an election year when many Americans apparently decided to give the rascals another chance, voters in Vermont broke sharply with the status quo and elected a new congressman, Bernie Sanders, who is not only an independent but a socialist.

By a 17-point margin, Sanders routed a freshman Republican, Peter Smith, despite the supposed advantages of incumbency and the personal campaigning of President Bush in the closing weeks.

Sanders, the former mayor of Burlington, Vt., and the runner-up in the 1988 election for Vermont's single House seat, thus will become the first socialist in the House in decades.

Whether his election signals a first wave of populist reaction to Reaganism or stands as an anomaly remains to be seen. …

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