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bluestarone

(21,639 posts)
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 12:45 PM Nov 2017

i ask the good people of Virginia

please tell us of your secret to get the vote power you achieved Maybe we all can learn from you guys and gals for the upcoming battle of 2018 &2020!!!!!!

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i ask the good people of Virginia (Original Post) bluestarone Nov 2017 OP
I grew up there for a while and my brother still lives there DFW Nov 2017 #1
Ground game, GOTV, and support the GE candidate once the primary is over, PunkinPi Nov 2017 #2

DFW

(59,877 posts)
1. I grew up there for a while and my brother still lives there
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 12:52 PM
Nov 2017

I don't think there was any secret. Charlottesville shocked a lot of people who were on the sidelines, and the huge influx of educated, enlightened voters moving into the DC suburbs, especially Arlington and Fairfax County provided us with a liberal cushion many purple states don't have. Fairfax County, where I lived, provided nearly half the 230,000 votes of Northam's victory margin.

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