The problem is that about 90% of those living in Fairfax/Arlington really have no connection to the rest of Virginia. They consider themselves Washingtonians and really could care less about what happens in Richmond.
It is going to be very interesting to see how long the rest of Virginia is going to take being ruled by a couple of counties in Northern Virginia that have virtually nothing in common with the rest of the Commonwealth. It literally is a different world up there.
I’m in a conservative county in western VA and I can tell you most of us don’t like it one little bit.
Moved here from PA where it was the same thing - Philadelphia wagged the dog there.
One consolation is all those DEM staffers who live in NO-VA are going to be vacating the premises and GOP staffers will be moving in.