Ah, the tired ol' "blame the evil yankee transplants in northern VA"
Perhaps you can explain why Jim Webb won MORE counties in "conservative southern Virgina" than "damnyankee liberals living in Northern Virgina". I hate to break the news to you, but if the ONLY counties Webb had won had been in "liberal northern VA", Allen would have carried the statewide election handily.
Some of the many SOUTHERN Virgina areas for Webb include: Dickerson, Buchanan, Russell, Allegheny, Roankoke, Northhampton, Southhampton, Greensville, Brunswick, Matthews, Westmoreland, Montgomery, Martinsville, Norfolk, Salem, Petersburg, Portsmouth, and of course, Richmond.
By my count, Webb won about three, perhaps four counties in "northern Virgina" by the D.C. area, but well over 20 areas in "true conservative southern Virgina"
Ah, but just ignore Webb voters who don't fit your stereotype, right?
Oh, and FYI, Webb is a big-time "Scots-Irish confederate hertiage" kinda guy.
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Oh my gosh. Virginia is bluer than I thought. We just might lose Virginia in 2008. This is horrible!!!
Those four counties ARE Northern Virginia. They have a larger population than all those other red colored counties shown in your map combined. The vast majority of those living in Fairfax, Loudon, Arlington and Alexandria are NOT native Virginians. Even the congressman for this district, Jim Moran, speaks with a yankee Massychoosits accent.
Oh, and FYI, that is Webb's only redeeming quality.
Oh, and FYI, that is Webb's only redeeming quality.