[Madam Theophilus]

Why I was wondering was due to a map of the districts Brad won I saw on FOX indicating that Brad won the majority of urban precincts. The rural ones voted for Cantor. Obviously, the urban areas have the most population; but they are also the place where there would be a concentration of Democratic voters, too. If there is a true conservative backlash against the Republican establishment, why wouldn’t it show in the rural areas, too?

[latina4dubya]

Early in the evening as counts started coming in, Brat took the lead, but it appeared the reporting was from more deeply conservative parts of this wide district, many of them north of Richmond and more rural and suburban. Then Brat was up in Chesterfield county, in and around Richmond, and ended up winning it 56-44. Cantor's best bet might have been in the suburbs of Richmond, Henrico County, both vote-rich and potentially more moderate. It was not to be. He lost Henrico county as well by 54-46 percent, which signaled the end of his night.

Brat did really well across the board...

[House Atreides]

“...Obviously, the urban areas have the most population; but they are also the place where there would be a concentration of Democratic voters, too. If there is a true conservative backlash against the Republican establishment, why wouldn’t it show in the rural areas, too?”
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Your memory must be faulty. Richmond CITY was one of the few jurisdictions that Cantor won (54.5% to Brat’s 45.5%). The proposition that it was Democrat voters that gave Brat the victory is NOT supported by the facts. The career-ending thumping that the base handed Cantor did, in fact, represent a “backlash” against the Republican establishment.