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xp1337 posted...

I don't think that (NoVA is Fake Virginia bs type stuff) was the intention meant there. It was just saying that if a Republican could manage to make inroads in that area of Virginia, the rest of the state being red would be enough to carry them across the finish line.

I don't think that's actually at all likely given how hard and total the rejection of the GOP has been there these past few years, but hypothetically if some Republican could do well there they might have a chance. It's not entirely without precedent when you have states like Maryland and Massachusetts electing quote-unquote "sane" Republicans for statewide office, up to and including governor, despite being safe blue states

xp1337 posted...

and also because again a good chunk of blue states like to elect republicans because the voters who support them (i. e. basically all voters outside the Republican party) value compromise and bipartisanship even as political warfare becomes more and more asymmetrical in this regard

Yes, this is precisely what I meant. Virginia has only turned blue because of the growth of Northern Virginia (i.e. the suburbs/exurbs of D.C.). But outside of Arlington and Alexandria, it wasn't that long ago that those same locations were red (or red-ish).

I could totally see a Larry Hogan type being able to win statewide office. Now some might call Hogan a RINO but from my perspective he seems to have done a pretty good job of generally being a decent governor in a neighboring state that is definitely more blue.

A wacko right winger or someone like Tommy Tuberville is NOT winning in VA like they could in more deep south states. But put up the current democrat Lt Gov Justin Fairfax (who's had some controversies) against a sensible candidate who happens to have an R next to their name? I'm just saying that it's a possibility.

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