For most of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Virginia was a conservative Republican stronghold. The Commonwealth voted Republican in every Presidential election from 1968 through 2004, & was consistently one of the most racist, anti-union, anti-LGBTQ, & fundamentalist parts of the nation. But over the last 15 years, the Commonwealth has shifted, moving from red to light-red to purple to light-blue to, finally, full-blue.

The saga goes something like this:

2004: On its surface, this was a good night for the Virginia GOP. George W. Bush easily won the Commonwealth with 53.7% of the vote, & Republicans won 8 of Virginia's 11 US House districts. But just beneath this surface lay some stark signs of decay. Notably, Fairfax County, the most populous county in the Commonwealth & hitherto a Republican stronghold, voted for Democrat John Kerry by a comfortable margin. Other large suburban counties, like Prince William & Loudoun, continued to vote Republican, but by smaller margins than they had before. Given how large and decisive Virginia's suburban population is, this was an uncomfortable development for the GOP.

2006: While the cracks were below the surface in 2004, they emerged for all to see in 2006, when Democrat Jim Webb defeated incumbent Republican George Allen in the race for Virginia's US Senate seat. Not only was this significant for Virginia politics, but it was decisive for the US Senate, putting Democrats there over the top for majority control. Admittedly, Webb was a fairly conservative Democrat, & he only narrowly won the Commonwealth, but this was still a sign that Virginia had shifted.

2008: Upon winning the Democratic nomination, Barack Obama promptly began campaigning heavily in Virginia, believing he could ride the Fairfax-Loudoun revolt to victory. Republican John McCain began campaigning there as well, but to little avail, as polls leading up to the election consistently showed Obama beating McCain in the Commonwealth. On election night, Obama bested McCain with a 6.3% margin of victory; this was only slightly smaller than Obama's 7.3% margin of victory nationwide. This suggested that Virginia was voting in line with the United States as a whole, & had thus become a "pure" purple state. The same night, Democrat Mark Warner was elected to the US Senate from Virginia with a staggering 32% margin of victory.

2012: In the first few years of the Obama administration, Democrats lost ground in Virginia, notably by losing control of the Governorship and other major Executive offices in 2009. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney concluded that Virginia was still Republican at heart, & that he would win it easily. Instead, Barack Obama won the Commonwealth by a 4% margin-- virtually identical to his margin of victory nationwide, again suggesting that Virginia had become purple. The same night, Democrat Tim Kaine won election to the US Senate from Virginia with a 6% margin of victory.

2013: Republicans mostly did well during these off-year elections, notably by easily holding onto the governorship of New Jersey, an unequivocally blue state. Yet Virginia stood out as surprisingly blue-- Democrats narrowly won election to the Commonwealth's top Executive offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, & Attorney General.
2014: This was a low point for the Virginia Democratic Party-- Mark Warner nearly lost his seat in the Senate, clinging to victory by a margin of less than 1%. But even this weak performance had a silver lining. See, 2014 was a terrible year for the Democratic Party all over the country. Democrats lost lots of winnable Senate races, including in blue-leaning states like Maine & Colorado. In this environment, the fact that a Democrat managed to win reelection in Virginia, however narrowly, suggested that if anything, Virginia had become blue-leaning.

2016: Donald Trump's surprise presidential victory was, of course, bad news for Democrats everywhere. Yet even as traditionally-Democratic swing states like Iowa, Michigan, Pennsylvania, & Wisconsin all flipped to Trump, Hillary Clinton not only won Virginia, but did so by a comfortable, 5-point margin. Virginia, then, voted considerably "more" Democratic than the country as a whole, reinforcing its status as a blue-leaning Commonwealth.

2017: The 2017 Virginia governor's race was the first statewide election after Trump took office. Democrat Ralph Northam & Republican Ed Gillespie appeared roughly tied in their race for this office. But on election night, Northam unexpectedly won easily, defeating Gillespie by a 9-point margin. Democrats also won Virginia's other Executive offices that night while gaining 15 seats in the House of Delegates. This surprisingly resounding victory served as a massive rebuke to the Trump GOP & made Virginia a symbol to progressives across the United States.

2018: As part of the Blue Wave election of November 2018, Democrats had massive success up & down the ballot in Virginia. Democrat candidates Abigail Spanberger, Elaine Luria, & Jennifer Wexton each flipped a Republican-held US House seat in Virginia, giving the Democratic Party control of a majority of the Commonwealth's congressional delegation. Further up the ballot, Democrat Tim Kaine was easily re-elected to his US Senate seat, defeating Republican Corey Stewart by a punishing 16-point margin.

2019: Aided by an anti-gerrymandering court ruling and an energized base, Democrats flipped both houses of the Virginia legislature & thereby gained full control over the Commonwealth. Democrats also won lots of local races, notably flipping several County Boards of Commissioners. This cemented Virginia's status as heavily blue-leaning, if not outright solid-blue.

Virginia's leftward shift is attributable to many causes: from immigration to Yankee migration to changing attitudes among its longstanding suburban population. What's noteworthy is that many of these changes are also underway in other southern states like North Carolina, Georgia, & Texas. If the Commonwealth can go blue, so too can these other states, setting the stage for a New South no longer dominated by racism & conservatism.
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Before I forget, the Caption of the Picture:
{Northern Virginia Community College Club Day Fall 2018: The IYSSE spoke to students today about Socialism and the need to politically break from the two-parties of big business and war. Come to our club meeting today at 3:30pm in CN 231 at Annandale campus!}

Taken From: NOVA IYSSE Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/IysseNova/photos/1098099870365535

[This group is basically far to the left of normal Democrats, see for yourself if you'd like to investigate more]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULYWIDcUOY4



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Started going downhill when the “Fairfax Journal” stopped being delivered in the morning and came in the afternoon mail.....about 1990.

Virginia has not swung left. What you have seen in recent elections is growing numbers of Virginians rejecting the national Republican brand. That Fairfax Democratic leaders have followed in the footsteps of their Arlington and Alexandria neighbors in embracing a more leftist agenda does not mean that is true of Democratic leaders in other areas of the state.

The Republican party that broke the Democratic hold on power in Virginia starting in the 1970s was not a single movement. It was an alliance of traditional Virginia Republicans, rebranding Byrd Democrats, Eisenhower good government type Republicans as well as conservative Reagan Republicans.

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Are the reasons for the leftist raises in Northern Va and larger cities across Virginia

All the same , free shit promised by Democrats plenty of mindless game shows and other low info programs on mainstream TV for drones who never knew what freedom was and when that's present they don't care a bit about their constitutional rights

A good reason public charges are not supposed to be let into the USA , but Democrats need a constant supply of poor to keep them in power as people who get jobs and can't get welfare realize that they are pulling the load for too many who wont fend for themselves and that's the end of their Democrat vote which must be replaced

Joe Biden can forgive 50k of student debt with an executive order casting billions that the government does not collect in taxes, how about forgiving 50 k of my mortgage or anyone else's , no one gave me any free money to go to college , greed abounds with no care about how it affects this nation any more

The free ride is about to come to an abrupt stop with JOE in charge and so many will be in for the most wicked awaking . Trump had a good economy but greed plus lying promises propaganda from Democrats and their media plus the constant bombardment upon the president with fake anguish and lies enabled sub par Joe to slip by with a narrow win. Be prepared to pay the piper for the tune so cut the crap about how rosy life is with Democrats in charge , take one look at Baltimore Chicago and any other Democrat controlled city and see the despair

As far as Fairfax and NOVA go its a fairytale government supported economic system as long as the government is solvent to keep the checks coming out , Democrats threaten that solvency and its going to all come down once foreign nations stop giving the USA loans they can't pay off

With overly generous government employment loaded with all the extras that people in private industry only can dream about low medical insurance costs with the best plans and generous sick plus annual leave with comp time in an almost unfireable environment where you only have to show up on time and do your work as you see so many others slacking or any public employment as a teacher married to another teacher making 200K easy again in a almost unfireable environment working 10 1/2 months a year with college professors making even far more with other professionals who feel guilty with their lavish liberal lifestyles . That's who makes up the liberal base in the DC metro area, And in other liberal areas like California where the list expands to include the IT software people who make huge amounts of easy money real estate agents and more Then you have their children who have been propagandized by the liberal parents to think as liberals who grow up thinking money just comes eazy from a ATM machine to buy them everything they want

Liberalism is a luxury in a society, its the easy life , when the economic well runs dry people harden and then the liberals become the minority no one pays any attention too as they are looked upon as being some type of mental cases that want too many things without effort , but when the economic well runs dry because of liberals running the country into the ground they and their political beliefs become as popular as jackals

>Democrat Tim Kaine was easily re-elected to his US Senate seat, defeating Republican Corey Stewart by a punishing 16-point margin.

That's because the Virginian Republican has been one of the worst in the nation , they don't support the candidates well , also they put up old tired people who cant win have no pizazz or are just to far right and are seen as extremists by the left and too conservative for moderate voters. Ken Cuccinelli and Cory Steward plus Ed Gillespie and Mark Earley are all good men with solid Republican American values but they can't win in Virginia any more because of the predominance of transplants from the liberal areas of the US who are the government people teachers and others as already mentioned not true Virginians

In Virginia the Republicans must seek good candidates who are more moderate to win preferably with a military record as Virginia is home to so many veterans and the party needs to get them backed up with adds more aggressively

The Democrats have been fortunate they have multimillionaire opportunist hacks like Mark Warner and far worse McAwfull The Yankee Carpet bagger who have been able to buy their seats with promises of free shit that satisfies the low info leeches and public charges plus the elitist's liberals and leftist media with an endless supply of these people waiting to enter the USA legally or illegally with being a parent of an American citizen their way to an instant green card. It can be said that Tim Kaine who shares the same failed liberal mindset at least worked his way into his seat the old fashion way by becoming a Democrat in a state that heavily supports Democrats in his area Richmond Va.

The future history of the USA if there is one will be extremely harsh upon those liberals and leftists of today who are throwing it all away so their weak feelings may be soothed that so many fought died and worked their asses off to create whose roads only lead to despair and depression.

As the worlds population increases dramatically the world will become a much harsher place to exist with little tolerance to those who want it all free or easy which is what liberals and leftists see as a nirvana as they pay no attention to Chinas massive build up with manufacturing that came to them because Democrats with their over regulation and unions with the EPA ran so many businesses and jobs off to China where every Chinese modern plant is a weapons manufacturing or military equipment plant when the time comes to end the misery of this nation at the hands of the Democrats who still stupidly hold on to climate change as our biggest enemy as they want to disarm the people so China's advance will be that much easier when there's no longer 150 million American citizens to fight them off as they come upon our shores

The tea party was the beginning of the end of the republican party in Virginia.

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> With overly generous government employment loaded
> with all the extras that people in private
> industry only can dream about low medical
> insurance costs with the best plans and generous
> sick plus annual leave with comp time in an almost
> unfireable environment where you only have to show
> up on time and do your work as you see so many
> others slacking or any public employment as a
> teacher married to another teacher making 200K
> easy again in a almost unfireable environment
> working 10 1/2 months a year with college
> professors making even far more with other
> professionals who feel guilty with their lavish
> liberal lifestyles . That's who makes up the
> liberal base in the DC metro area, And in other
> liberal areas like California where the list
> expands to include the IT software people who make
> huge amounts of easy money real estate agents and
> more Then you have their children who have been
> propagandized by the liberal parents to think as
> liberals who grow up thinking money just comes
> eazy from a ATM machine to buy them everything
> they want
>
> Liberalism is a luxury in a society, its the easy
> life , when the economic well runs dry people
> harden and then the liberals become the minority
> no one pays any attention too as they are looked
> upon as being some type of mental cases that want
> too many things without effort , but when the
> economic well runs dry because of liberals running
> the country into the ground they and their
> political beliefs become as popular as jackals


I do love the government employee lifestyle. I love the 32 dollar a week kick-ass health insurance (family plan) and I love my 8 weeks of paid vacation and my 12 paid holidays and I love the fact that I really don't work very hard.

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> The future history of the USA if there is one will
> be extremely harsh upon those liberals and
> leftists of today who are throwing it all away so
> their weak feelings may be soothed that so many
> fought died and worked their asses off to create
> whose roads only lead to despair and depression.
>
> As the worlds population increases dramatically
> the world will become a much harsher place to
> exist with little tolerance to those who want it
> all free or easy which is what liberals and
> leftists see as a nirvana as they pay no attention
> to Chinas massive build up with manufacturing that
> came to them because Democrats with their over
> regulation and unions with the EPA ran so many
> businesses and jobs off to China where every
> Chinese modern plant is a weapons manufacturing or
> military equipment plant when the time comes to
> end the misery of this nation at the hands of the
> Democrats who still stupidly hold on to climate
> change as our biggest enemy as they want to disarm
> the people so China's advance will be that much
> easier when there's no longer 150 million American
> citizens to fight them off as they come upon our
> shores


Democrats are blind to the real dangers in life really is stupid

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> I do love the government employee lifestyle. I
> love the 32 dollar a week kick-ass health
> insurance (family plan) and I love my 8 weeks of
> paid vacation and my 12 paid holidays and I love
> the fact that I really don't work very hard.

Charge it to dust let it settle with the wind

It started when every kid got a trophy

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For Virginia it began when Chuck Robb was Governor. Then William Jefferson Clinton sealed the deal and it hasn't been the same since.

I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Trump won Virginia, but it was stolen like so many other states. When I went to bed on the 3rd, Trump was way ahead in Virginia only to lose it overnight.

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