At the same time, the Dems did not win a single district in coal country.
We have been moving in this coastal/urban vs central/exurban/rural direction for years. The Trump Era pretty much finally defined those two camps.
The concern for Republicans is that the suburbs are going to be the tie-breakers in these types of elections, and Gillispie got annihilated in the suburbs.
he took the entire Tidewater area which has a big military and veteran population - what’s up with that?///
Northam hails from that area, he was also an army Doctor which helps to sucker veterans into voting for him