In 2013 McAuliffe received 1,069,789 votes to Cuccinelli's 1,013,354.
In 2017 Northam received 1,389,691 votes to Gillespie's 1,159,758.
So Northam outperformed McAuliffe by 320,000 votes. And Gillespie outperformed Cuccinelli by about 150,000 votes. And Gillespie exceeded McAuliffe's 2013 vote total as well.
In 2012 Romney received 1,822,522 votes compared to Trump's 1,769,443. So Trump actually received 53,000 less votes than Romney. On the other hand, Hillary received 1,981,473 votes compared to Obama's 1,971,820 in 2012.
The bottom line is that the Dem numbers are increasing faster than the Reps in terms of votes. The fact that Northam increased his vote total over 30% compared to McAuliffe is frightening. VA is now a solid blue state.
When you add that the media in Virginia is super liberal, it makes it even harder to overcome. Gillespie lost by about 230,000 votes. Were 50,000 of those illegal ? Possible or more. Those felons who don’t show up to vote, are possible being voted for by someone. If something can be done regarding the 50 maybe 100,000 illegal votes. Virginia can trend back to the to the right.
Wow, sobering stuff. Sad.
An enthusiastic, more polarized Virginia electorate gave Northam the win
Turnout, however, was the highest in 20 years for a gubernatorial race, five percentage points and 10 percentage points higher than the last two.
GOP turnout increased as well but not as much. The base didn't refuse to turn out for Gillespie at all, contrary to what many Freepers are saying.
The Dems are succeeding in whipping up hysteria among their base over Trump. It seems that Trump drove Democrat turnout through the roof, which is not a good sign for 2018.