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Virginia should be an object lesson for Dems peggysue2 Jan 2022 #1
TY Peggysue! A life and death Cha Jan 2022 #14
I agree rockfordfile Jan 2022 #18
Or maybe vote.... cinematicdiversions Jan 2022 #20
Love forlorned tirebiter Jan 2022 #2
Right..Likely to be a red state in midterms and probably 2024. Sucks helpisontheway Jan 2022 #3
VA will stay purple IMO, Florida is not a good comparison Amishman Jan 2022 #61
There are also people that see a Democrat in the White House as a sort of "Insurance" JI7 Jan 2022 #4
Mind if I spoil your pity party? brooklynite Jan 2022 #5
+1 onenote Jan 2022 #8
Just an FYI, the Rethugs may well take back the VA Senate in 2023. Celerity Jan 2022 #23
They're gonna shoot their load too early BradAllison Jan 2022 #24
I agree vercetti2021 Jan 2022 #25
let us all hope so, VA, CO, & MN have been my battlemap nightmares (if they start going Red) Celerity Jan 2022 #26
Colorado is never gonna flip to red vercetti2021 Jan 2022 #27
I wouldn't worry about Colorado BradAllison Jan 2022 #28
And look at how they vote there vercetti2021 Jan 2022 #29
+1 llmart Jan 2022 #38
If the repubs take back the state Senate in 2023 onenote Jan 2022 #59
Exactly Mad_Machine76 Jan 2022 #42
I think it is far too soon to remotely make that call. 2022 aside, IF we (POTUS race) lose VA, we Celerity Jan 2022 #6
I'm not sure Wisconsin can be salvaged at this time Sympthsical Jan 2022 #9
I was trying to be as generous as possible, I too worry a lot about (from those 8 I left open) Celerity Jan 2022 #11
I still think we should have won Virginia Sympthsical Jan 2022 #48
"parents shouldn't have a say in what is taught" was a massive cock-up. pure gift to the RWer Celerity Jan 2022 #50
McAuliffe got more votes than any Democratic candidate onenote Jan 2022 #7
And Youngkin won the most votes of any governor in Virginia history, Republican or Democrat Sympthsical Jan 2022 #10
Turn out was up by over 7.7 percent. onenote Jan 2022 #15
It was due to the Indy swing to the R. VA almost always goes to the party not in the WHite House. LENNY0229 Jan 2022 #32
That's the etc. bit Sympthsical Jan 2022 #49
It was due to the Indy swing to the R. McAuliffe did not run a "bad" campaign. He OUTPERFORMED! LENNY0229 Jan 2022 #33
Of course he talked about his record as he should have. He made ONE bad gaffe. Not a bad candidate. LENNY0229 Jan 2022 #35
He should have talked about continuing the success of past years of Democratic control onenote Jan 2022 #46
He won more votes than any other Dem in the history of VA but it was a tough historical trend. LENNY0229 Jan 2022 #51
"history" doesn't decide elections. Voters do. onenote Jan 2022 #54
Completely agree. JudyM Jan 2022 #56
Fuck Glen Youngkin! Initech Jan 2022 #12
He won fair and square. Sucks but true. So, WIN THE NEXT ONE! LENNY0229 Jan 2022 #34
Have they changed the voting laws where they decide which votes were cast legally? Emile Jan 2022 #37
Only proposed laws right now. Not acted on yet. Let it play out. Also, the DOJ is suing states LENNY0229 Jan 2022 #52
Virginia expanded voting access in the past two years onenote Jan 2022 #58
Educate yourself on the past 40 years of VA elections. Fiendish Thingy Jan 2022 #13
They said that was true for New Jersey as well... krispos42 Jan 2022 #40
Sounds like overall we did much better than expected then. NYC Liberal Jan 2022 #44
"Too many Dem voters stay home" - and that's the key to everything. UTUSN Jan 2022 #16
I doubt it will swing that badly back to red red vercetti2021 Jan 2022 #17
As long as Fairfax County still has literate people, Virginia will never be a lost cause. DFW Jan 2022 #19
I question whether he actually won. He was declared the winner by 2%. 58Sunliner Jan 2022 #21
That is too tin foil for me. I think he clearly won. Celerity Jan 2022 #22
Too tin foil for republicans who see control of Va as a means to their reich come 2024? 58Sunliner Jan 2022 #43
Yes, because there were multiple safeguards still in place for this last VA election. Dems were Celerity Jan 2022 #45
Had to post this. LOL. 58Sunliner Jan 2022 #62
So? He was caught doing so. I brook no truck with these conspiracy theories you are attempting Celerity Jan 2022 #63
Please. I may disagree with you, but don't bother trying to gaslight me. 58Sunliner Jan 2022 #64
I am most definitely not the one trying to gaslight on anything. nt Celerity Jan 2022 #66
I guess you should re-read your post. You have a nice day. 58Sunliner Jan 2022 #67
I don't think so. LENNY0229 Jan 2022 #30
I don't think so. LENNY0229 Jan 2022 #31
There are several red counties Busterscruggs Jan 2022 #36
4 years ago, conservatives were rallying in large numbers... krispos42 Jan 2022 #39
Just what do these "conservatives" conserve? Not money. Not democracy. Not the environment. Not LENNY0229 Jan 2022 #53
Whatever they are, they just voted out Dems and voted in Trump Cultists. n/t krispos42 Jan 2022 #68
Relax vercetti2021 Jan 2022 #55
Yeah, right. krispos42 Jan 2022 #69
I call BS Norbert Jan 2022 #41
No. I won't. BannonsLiver Jan 2022 #47
Nope budkin Jan 2022 #57
No way. Tommymac Jan 2022 #60
Hey, they fucked around, and now they're gonna find out. SKKY Jan 2022 #65
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