Message from @Yellowhammer
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Periodic
I've been mostly busy with volunteering rather than talking about it online, especially since I've been doing volunteer work for more than one candidate.
HILDAWG
found this from an archived thread from 2017
Gillespie did better than Trump in the green areas
Gillespie did worse than Trump in the red areas
There was probably a significant R turnout problem in the west and southwest.
The dem base was extremely energized for that race
Meanwhile Gillespie seems to have done better in places with high AA populations
I love how all of the red areas are the areas where Gillespie won.
It shows how Corey Stewart will win.
@Nuke How?
Winning areas where Trump and Gillespie won but with huge margins
Stewart will probably do worse than both everywhere
>Stewart will probably do worse than both everywhere
nah, he'll do better than Gillespie in certain areas for sure
Moronic prediction
@Nuke Yellowhammer is a US Election Atlas user, so what do you expect
Moronic predictions, obviously.
He has been trailing by 20+ in multiple polls
The issue is as was Gillespie in 2014
Virginia is a blue state now. If we ever want to win, we need to running people like Barbara Comstock and Jill Vogel statewide
It will never vote for a Corey Stewart
>Barbara Comstock
lol
I kept telling them it’s a blue state
She would be a hell of a lot stronger than Stewart lol
For god’s sake they elected Terry McAuliffe, One of Hillary’s most trusted allies, as their governor.
VA will be as blue as NJ is now in 10 years
It was always blue, since 2008
They elected one of Hillary’s closet allies as their governor
I think 2017 was the point of no return
>point of no return
Defeatist rhetoric
I wouldn't say 2017 was the point of no return. But I do think that it's not only important for Republican candidates to hold onto their influence in rural areas of the state, but also appeal to those in blue areas outside of NoVA that can easily be flipped, such as around Richmond and Hampton Roads. Culturally, it's definitely not easy to do, but there definitely needs to be some appeal to these folks in heavily populated areas, and more work needs to be put in to get their votes. It shouldn't be ignored and shrugged off as unwinnable like it is in places like Fairfax County.
I do hope to see Jill Vogel run again in a statewide race.
Gut the public sector and you'll have a temporary boost in Democratic turnout as a knee jerk response from retrenched public sector workers but a permanent increase in your voter base over the long term.
In Virginia, that is.
Public workers are only part of the problem in NOVA
It’s just become a very liberal place very quickly
Comstock won't win.
Trump and Romney had basically the same results in Virginia. For a Republican to win, he must get both the Trump and Romney republicans.
It's possible, but quite hard.