UVM Center for Rural Studies
1. Has the U.S. government lost its moral authority?
Yes ___77.1%_
No ___22.9%_
2. Has the United States of America become
a. Unsustainable (politically, economically, militarily, and environmentally)?
Yes ___48.7%_
No ___51.3%_
b. Ungovernable?
Yes ___12.8%_
No ___87.2%_
c. Unfixable?
Yes ____6.4%_
No ___93.6%_
3. Do you think it would be a good idea for Vermont to secede from the United States and become once again an independent republic as it was between 1777 and 1791?
Yes __11.5%__
No __88.5%__
The Survey: A random sample of 645 Vermont residents, all over the age of 18, interviewed by telephone between February 19, 2008 and February 25, 2008. The results have a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent at a confidence level of 95 percent.