An Election Day sign outside polls in Burlington promotes unity against a backdrop of placards for competing candidates and causes. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDiggerVoters who are asked to identify the state and nation’s most pressing problems usually bombard exit interviewers with pleas to fix everything from the economy to education to the environment. But Vermonters surveyed this Election Day voiced unusual agreement on what newly victorious leaders should do first.“I hope whoever wins,” Lisa Whitney said, “can help unify us.”The 46-year-old Brattleboro nonprofit administrator summed up the sentiment of voters in seven Vermont cities and towns who expressed relief that the long, contentious campaign season was ending — and concern the aftershocks were just beginning.“I feel there’s more healing that needs to happen,” said Whitney’s partner, Renee Woliver.But the challenge of achieving harmony was demonstrated by Woliver’s 10-year-old daughter, who tagged …
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