VA is rapidly growing, with most of the growth in the northern part of the state and based very largely on DC government jobs and lobbying. Not hard to see why it would drift away from conservative principles.
FL is very different in different parts of the state.
Central FL (outside Orlando), the panhandle and Jacksonville are still Southern.
Tampa Bay area and Orlando are really more like southern CA than anything else. They're inhabited mostly by people from somewhere else.
SW Florida, Fort Myers and such, and SE coast north of Miami is retirees from all over, many NE liberals.
Miami itself is Latin American more than southern.
exactly....invaded by Communists from non-Confederate states, it’s amazing what they do, for example we have relatives from WA state that over the years complained they have been invaded by Commies from Kalifornia, they moved in and drove the property values and taxes up considerably, and what the hell do they do? vote Commies into office in the area they move into.
Why did the Commies move out of their original area’s in the first place? crime? weather? high taxes?.....so what do they do? bring their Commie ideas in their back pockets with them....unfreaking real.
And not only Floriduh and WaRshington, it’s been happening in MT, IN, MO, NC, TN and the Hill Country of TX just to name a few areas.
The only area which is solid Dem is the south east of the state.
Maybe Tallahassee and Gainsville but Gainsville goes Dem because of the students there which I'm sure many vote here but also vote in their state they come from.
That is something our Gov needs to sort out, get rid of the snowbirds and others who use their vacation address or student address to vote here but then they vote up north too.