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You are correct on all points. I see many here who want to dismiss the Gillespie loss on his failure to fully embrace Trump. They are whistling past the graveyard since the pro Trump Lt Gov candidate lost her race by the same margin.
Virginia used to be 1/3 GOP,1/3 dem, and 1/3 moderate swing voters. In 2009 the year after barry, McDonnell won with 58% of the vote. I think now the moderates have been polarized with most going to the dems.
Gillespie is DOA now. Expect Corey Stewart to get slaughtered by timmy kaine in 2018.
Virginia is gone now. Those of you still in free districts need to avoid complacency or else wind up like Virginia.
The Republican Party is in the process of splintering. The good news is that the Democratic Party is also in the process of splintering. Two new parties will emerge out of this chaos, but probably not until after the Second Civil War.
Gillespie lost by 8.9%; Vogel lost by 5.37%. She received 49,837 more votes than Gillespie.
That means that nearly 50,000 voters voted for Vogel but did NOT vote for Gillespie.
Not being the prime candidate, she was caught by the Democratic sweep.
Shut and go “sit to pee”. Is that your Indian name?