[TYVets]

Who was the president during that time period?

Virginia has become a blue state.

Are the cities in the region blue as well?

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Here is a voting map for the presidential election 2016. Red is Trump. Blue is Hilary. You see that dark blue spot in the center of the eastern part of the state of Virginia? That is Richmond. That is where this killing is going on. Richmond is a flaming liberal city in a generally conservative state.

Most of the problem with Virginia is those 3 blue NoVa counties right near Washington DC. If I was the Governor of Virginia, I would ask the legislature to gift Washington DC those liberal counties and remove them from the Commonwealth of Virginia. VA would go right back to being a solid GOP state again. Just like that. But yes, Richmond is very very liberal.