11-09-2017, 12:39 AM
(11-08-2017, 10:43 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Not a member, no party membership in Virginia. I don't deny I am a liberal, though, and for the most part the Democractic candidates represent my values more than the Republican candidates. I dislike the party structure we have here and how the party acts as an elitist club (I could tell stories about this from this most recent election cycle, but that would get me a bit more fired up than I need to be this morning) but if you're going to cause change, you have to work with what you're given.
I'm not familiar with Virginia state politics so maybe for you this is a good thing. I can tell you that our state legislature needs a lot fewer Dems. Them having a super majority has fuqed this state up big time. I'm hoping the recent 12 cent gas tax that they just rammed up our ass comes back to bite them in theirs. They're spending money on bullshit like there's an endless supply of it. Don't even get me started on the soft as Sponge Bob crime bills that have passed of late.
(11-08-2017, 10:47 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Virginia is still a very purple state, this was a reaction to Trump, plain and simple. Our turnout, on average across the state, was 13% higher than 2013, which is the most recent comparable year. Interesting note, Charlottesville saw a bump of 31% from 2013. As one Richmond NPR reporter put it, that's what happens when Nazis come to town.
I'm going to have to disagree with you there, I don't really consider VA a swing state anymore. I don't see it going blue in a national election anytime soon. Governor could definitely go blue, with the right candidate. The NJ win for the Dems means absolutely nothing though, there was zero chance anyone with a D by their name was losing that election.
