I live in the Richmond area. There are limited ways that you can vote early in Virginia, there has to be a designated reason, such as you are not in town for business, or are out of state on election day for some other valid reason.
The areas that Cook cites are heavily Democrat areas. Petersburg is almost completely AA, and Norfolk and Newport News have heavy African-American populations.
If Hillary cannot reassemble the Obama coalition of high minority and youth turnout, she is vulnerable in Virginia. Southwest Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley will be strong for Trump.
Doesn’t look like it will happen.
If she can’t get D +6 everyone is talking about - and VA is the next domino to fall, where can she win?