The mission / 2026
Keep Vermont
Independent.
Independence does not mean isolation. It means entering every relationship from a position of strength, self-respect, and accountability.
Vermont is not merely a market, a congressional district, or an administrative territory.
It is a place with its own history, character, obligations, and judgment.
Distance hides consequences.
Decisions affecting Vermont are increasingly made by institutions that do not live with the consequences. National organizations write the script. Federal power defines the range of possible action. Dependence starts to look like realism.
It is not enough to complain about that arrangement. Vermont must become more capable of acting for itself.
The answer is not withdrawal.
The answer is independence.What independence means
Financial resilience
Political leverage
Local competence
Strong communities
Cooperation without surrendering authority
Representatives who answer to Vermont first
The organizing theory
How an independent campaign wins.
This is a method, not a prediction. No fake polling. No inevitability theater.
- 01Build a recognizable statewide identity
- 02Give Vermonters a clear reason to reject automatic party loyalty
- 03Organize people the usual campaigns sort into separate boxes
- 04Create useful projects that demonstrate competence
- 05Hold public events around the question ‘Who governs Vermont?’
- 06Use low-dollar fundraising to distribute ownership
- 07Build local volunteer nodes
- 08Make the race culturally impossible to ignore
An independent does not win by becoming a smaller version of the major parties.