The Blue Wall & The Red Wall

[bobtn]

Originally Posted by Egbert

While NoVa gets a lot of the attention/blame for the change in VA, I think it also causes people to overlook the other region/reason the GOP is in trouble in Virginia, which would be the Richmond area all the way over to Tidewater. That area is growing pretty quickly and is basically going to cause Republicans about as much headache as NoVa

True. Here is what the GOP problem truly boils down to: North of the Mason Dixon, the party does very poorly where growth is happening, in states with fairly substantial ECs. The Blue Wall, NM & VA start the Dems off within a whisker of the POTUS. The Red Wall starts the GOP off several dozen yards further from the goal line.

[Smash255]

Originally Posted by Egbert

While NoVa gets a lot of the attention/blame for the change in VA, I think it also causes people to overlook the other region/reason the GOP is in trouble in Virginia, which would be the Richmond area all the way over to Tidewater. That area is growing pretty quickly and is basically going to cause Republicans about as much headache as NoVa

Agreed, look if you look at suburban Richmond, you have Henrico County, which to be quite Republican and is noe Democatic. You also have Chesterfield County, which is still Republican, but nowhere nearly as GOP as it once was.