Perhaps in the mind of a yankeeland dweller where nothing but liberalism abounds and where the republicans up there are like our democrats down here, but in reality Virginia is actually one of the more moderate of the southern states when it comes to politics. It leans conservative and generally votes that way, but is no South Carolina or Texas.
Conservatives dominate the General Assembly. Both Senators are Republican. Eight out of 11 congressmen are Republican. Yes, we have a RAT Governor, but only because the GOP ran a weak candidate last time around.
Unlike Texas and South Carolina, Virginia was the only Southern state not to vote for Jimmy Carter. We have not voted for a RAT for President since LBJ.
That said, what you say has some truth. The conservative nature of the real Virginia is dilluted by the influx if yankee gubmint employees in Northern Virginia.