“Northern Virginia, bordering Washington D.C., which is comprised of the socialists from the government class. “
Ok, never heard that before, makes sense: big mansions housing rich fedgov workers...right?
Loudoun County, just next to the counties that border DC, is the richest county in the US. Fairfax, VA and Montgomery, MD also rank very high. Prince Georges, MD is the richest black majority county in the US. All that wealth is from the government and its contractors. Not much is actually manufactured around here.
It’s called “internal colonialism”, where the ruling class concentrates the wealth of the hinterlands to the seat of government.
Virginia: in addition to NOVA swinging my state into the Dem column, other contributors include:
the Norfolk Naval base area,
Richmond (capital),
and Charlottesville (University of Virginia)