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hootinholler

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10. It's only recently that Loudoun County has turned pruple
Wed Nov 6, 2013, 11:26 AM
Nov 2013

It could still go R easily enough and might have if Cuchinelli wasn't a hard core right to lifer.

All the cities of decent size went for TM, excepting Winchester. Little ponds of blue in a red field.

Exactly. The real question is 'How do Democrats go after the rural ("decidedly red") areas?'. Dawgs Nov 2013 #1
Yes it is a problem. William769 Nov 2013 #3
I agree, but a lot of time facts don't even work. RiffRandell Nov 2013 #23
Bet his view would change if FOX "News" disappeared.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #36
No, he's been this way for years. RiffRandell Nov 2013 #68
The Boston Marathon Bombing for the Right was a video they claimed showed people stealing T-Shirts. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #77
The Rural vote is won with everything the Urban vote despises harun Nov 2013 #34
MAINLY the rural vote is won by telling hard working poor people the REASON they are poor,... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #40
I agree that it is racism Lex Nov 2013 #59
Their kids will look back and hate them.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #60
BINGO!! kelliekat44 Nov 2013 #93
They need a dose of Jim Hightower. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #95
Not True! bcbink Nov 2013 #67
also a rural dem voter hopemountain Nov 2013 #78
Some people say that the smartest way to do that is to push for "gun control." AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #4
McAuliffe did just that ProSense Nov 2013 #5
Red, rural areas are often the most religious, therefore they'll vote red every time NightWatcher Nov 2013 #7
The "most religious" people vote red every time? hughee99 Nov 2013 #38
Seriously? Most RURAL religious types vote republican NightWatcher Nov 2013 #62
Based on your post, it sounded like you were suggesting that the hughee99 Nov 2013 #70
+1 uponit7771 Nov 2013 #13
We need to make them understand that the recession... Blanks Nov 2013 #19
No, there really isn't some middle ground they will accept. ohheckyeah Nov 2013 #50
I think gun control should be a local issue. Old and In the Way Nov 2013 #54
That's what many people don't get... ohheckyeah Nov 2013 #58
I guess that we are blessed to have you to light the way then. eom Blanks Nov 2013 #63
Sarcasm and ohheckyeah Nov 2013 #72
Just fine. How's it working for you? Blanks Nov 2013 #74
Obviously it isn't working for you ohheckyeah Nov 2013 #75
You've misidentified the problem. Blanks Nov 2013 #81
Because too many liberals ohheckyeah Nov 2013 #82
I don't think the democrats are trying hard enough... Blanks Nov 2013 #89
There are a fair number of ohheckyeah Nov 2013 #91
You can't beat the preacher Heather MC Nov 2013 #32
Smash hate radio and reinstate the fairness doctrine. Sirveri Nov 2013 #84
Pennsylvania is another perfect example. CANDO Nov 2013 #92
True dat. K&R. n/t FSogol Nov 2013 #2
I am one who thinks it should have been a blowout edhopper Nov 2013 #6
Well then you need to look at the 2012 Presidential election results William769 Nov 2013 #9
That wouldn't surprise me, which is truly sad. RiffRandell Nov 2013 #24
I rest my case. William769 Nov 2013 #45
As far as I know, only one person here is saying it should have been a blowout cali Nov 2013 #8
I have to think polls predicting a huge margin can affect turnout, Qutzupalotl Nov 2013 #48
I'll take 2, anyday. juajen Nov 2013 #57
Saw David Axelrod on MSNBC and he said the McAuliffe internals were 2-4% all along CANDO Nov 2013 #94
It's only recently that Loudoun County has turned pruple hootinholler Nov 2013 #10
I blame the MSM and polls on raising expectations of a blowout. n/t Pryderi Nov 2013 #11
Obama campaigned in VA last week-touted ACA. Did that cause -5%? hooverville29 Nov 2013 #30
decidedly red... if you can read a map tina tron Nov 2013 #12
welcome to DU gopiscrap Nov 2013 #21
Welcome to DU, tina tron! calimary Nov 2013 #64
I'd just rather we did not have all the 'experts' explaining that it would be a blow out who do not Bluenorthwest Nov 2013 #14
You were misinterpreting what was said. I certainly was not happy Christie won Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #22
What you said was that only Bluenorthwest Nov 2013 #76
As I already noted Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #79
Actually a testiment to funding and GOTV needed to defeat the GOP on their own ground bigbrother05 Nov 2013 #15
Dems are more spread through out the state than you indicate. StrayKat Nov 2013 #16
Some explanations: Richmond City goes blue regularly because Nay Nov 2013 #25
What difference does it make? StrayKat Nov 2013 #28
It doesn't, politically, Nay Nov 2013 #35
Well, but. . . StrayKat Nov 2013 #43
I hope so, for all our sakes. nt Nay Nov 2013 #44
I think you're point is dead on. Virginia is a tough place for Democrats to win. A win is a big deal stevenleser Nov 2013 #17
It was two bad candidates, with one of the bad candidates having horrible ideas. nt geek tragedy Nov 2013 #18
Were the polls hopelessly wrong, predicting an impossibility? cthulu2016 Nov 2013 #20
YUP ... Virgina is 2 completely different states. JoePhilly Nov 2013 #26
Same with Washington state, cilla4progress Nov 2013 #31
We won, but we didn't win by enough, so I'm counting it as a loss! Iggo Nov 2013 #27
^^^THIS^^^ BumRushDaShow Nov 2013 #37
This may shock you but he got votes in rural areas as well.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #29
And not everyone in northern VA is liberal abelenkpe Nov 2013 #46
One of the things I've always thought was funny is some guy adjusting his tie for the opera,... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #56
This also may shock some people: HE WON!!! Iggo Nov 2013 #61
Who'da thunk it? The guy who came up with renting out the Lincoln Bedroom. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #65
Exactly. phylny Nov 2013 #86
It's like when they paint all the corn fields bright red because Farmer John's wife stayed home. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #88
Also, first time in 40 FREAKING YEARS that we won the Governorship when bullwinkle428 Nov 2013 #33
Alexandria, Fairfax City and Falls Church and Arlington and Fairfax Counties AlbertCat Nov 2013 #39
All the DC federal workers live and work there tina tron Nov 2013 #42
Agree... ReRe Nov 2013 #41
Why red states are red Qutzupalotl Nov 2013 #55
Something inside me screams "false equivalency." ReRe Nov 2013 #80
You start with understanding both sides Qutzupalotl Nov 2013 #85
Well, you can think and act along those lines.... ReRe Nov 2013 #97
People in northern Virginia are not really Virginians FarCenter Nov 2013 #47
I still don't understand how so many women voted for Cuccinnelli alarimer Nov 2013 #49
Fundamental Christians. ohheckyeah Nov 2013 #52
We beat them by 2.5% on an off year with an engaged republican base's dream candidate. Kurska Nov 2013 #51
Agreed. Virginia has to turn purple before it can turn blue. DinahMoeHum Nov 2013 #53
People forget that Webb barely won his election against Allen and it came down to Richmond returns Mike Daniels Nov 2013 #66
In the US, you have at least four different types of rural area, happyslug Nov 2013 #69
K & R nt LaydeeBug Nov 2013 #71
Look at the section on this page titled "pre-election polls" Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #73
WE WON!!! Rex Nov 2013 #83
Not really SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2013 #96
Well, it truly doesn't matter, does it? Zeke L Brimstone Nov 2013 #87
kick Liberal_in_LA Nov 2013 #90
VA Election Results Map IronLionZion Nov 2013 #98
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