Message from @Rhodesiaboo
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if 79.6% of people who voted for Trump voted for the Republican candidate Gillespie, he would have won
But Gillespie was a Establishment shill. That was the problem.
true
that's why many Trump voters didn't vote for him
still better than Northam though
Gillespie distanced himself from Trump, and blamed Trump when he lost
he campaigned with George W. Bush
Of course. Northern Virginia has way too much power over The whole state.
yep
it's closer to safe blue than purple at this point
If Virginia and West Virginia reunited, the state would be more red
haha, it definitely would
it would be more competitive
I think it would have gone red in 2016
West Virginia only elected Democrats because this was during the time that the Democrats pretended they cared about the little man and Were in support of Coak
Coal
indeed
much of the south elected Democrats to local office until relatively recently
it was a remnant of the time when it was known as the "Solid South"
that's the election between the Republican (Theodore Roosevelt) vs his Democratic opponent, Alton Parker
it was a landslide in terms of popular vote
but the south was still solidly Democratic, except for Missouri, which went over to the GOP
Ohio always goes red or blue
But I think it will go Red
Ohio is the opposite of Virginia in that it's a purple state trending safe red
I think that had to do with Ted Strickland
He was a really shitty governor
in what ways was he shitty
He bankrupted the state, and spent the rainy day fund until it was just 68 cents
wow
He tried running for senator in the 2016 election, but his advertisement campaign was really shitty compared to Portman’s
So he lost
58.0% to 37.2%
yeah, what a pathetic showing
the good news is that if the GOP does it right, a lot of races this November should look like that