  the vermont progressive party is an american political party. it was founded in 1999 and is active only in the u.s. state of vermont. the party is largely social democratic and progressive. the progressives received 9,470 votes (2.96% of the vote) in the 2010 vermont house of representatives elections, and five seats, compared to the democrats' 55.11% and 96 seats, the republicans' 38.04% of the vote, and 46 seats. independents received 3.81% and three seats. as of 2012, the party controls 20% of the elected statewide offices, 10% of the vermont senate seats, and 3.3% of the seats in the vermont house of representatives. ==history== the vermont progressive party originated with the independent campaign of bernie sanders for mayor of burlington, vermont. sanders, who was later elected to the united states house of representatives, and subsequently to the united states senate, never officially associated himself with the progressive party, although the progressives were among his biggest supporters. a group of his supporters organized themselves as the progressive coalition to contest further elections. progressives started running for the burlin
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