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Home Front: Politix
Hume's Fumes at Faux News: 'Trump's unpopularity LOST the Virginia race' (Video)
2017-11-08
[Right Scoop] Brit Hume told Tucker Carlson something he definitely did not want to hear ‐ that it was Trump’s unpopularity that lost the Virginia race.
"Unpopularity" of a populist president? Total, poll hawking rubbish! Please have a look at the swamp map.
Northern Virginia is chock full of federal bureaucrats, who as a group hate and fear President Trump and his people -- with good reason, as their jobs are under threat. Thus Virginia is a special case.
Posted by:Besoeker

#13  ..as much as they wanted one in 1861?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-11-08 19:32  

#12  Virginia's economy did well under Obama, thanks to the massive growth of the federal bureaucracy and contractors, of which the state (along with Maryland) are the principal beneficiaries. Why would VA want a GOP governor?
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2017-11-08 12:53  

#11  

Missing link above
Posted by: Knuckles Slineger2610   2017-11-08 11:42  

#10  Dem turnout was high, GOP not so much. Check out the very strong Dem support in VA among 18-29 yr olds.

There's both style and substance, there, but style matters and alienates that generation big time


Posted by: Knuckles Slineger2610   2017-11-08 11:41  

#9  Trump is polarizing. It's an intentional style, and it has consequences of various kinds. One is to motivate people to vote against him, just as many voted against Hillary in 2016.

That said, Gillespie tried to have it both ways and failed to succeed.
Posted by: Knuckles Slineger2610   2017-11-08 11:19  

#8  Turnout was very heavy for an off year in Northern V. which is a donk heavy area

that's pretty much the whole story

Posted by: lord garth   2017-11-08 10:35  

#7  Sorry, I copy-pasted twice.
but the left side is the Presidential election, right is recent election
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-11-08 10:27  

#6  Looks like the two graphics are the same. Both say 2016 Presidential, 2016, but are titled 2017, both show the two candidate, percentages are identical...

So naturally, there would not be much change.
Posted by: Bobby   2017-11-08 08:42  

#5  The populated area in Virginia near D.C. is a part of the Swamp. The less populated areas in the hinterlands of Virginia tend to be "Red" rather than "Blue." The map posted by BP shows it well.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-11-08 08:24  

#4  



There's not much change between elections
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-11-08 08:06  

#3   Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump

Ed Gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me or what I stand for. Don’t forget, Republicans won 4 out of 4 House seats, and with the economy doing record numbers, we will continue to win, even bigger than before!
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-11-08 08:00  

#2  It was not for nothing that D.C. was designated a 'district' as opposed to a state, or as later proposed, a portion of an adjoining state.

When you scratch the infected area, it spreads.

Posted by: Besoeker   2017-11-08 07:33  

#1  Did they run a Trump or a GOPe campaign? Did they gain ground in places traditionally Donk and lose places traditionally Trunk?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-11-08 06:16  

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