Depressing, it can happen to a lot of the rest of the USA in say, the next 10 years. Yes, plenty has been written on Va. already. I hope this trend can be turned back.
Sad what has happened to Ol’ Virginia. NC seems headed that way as well. Once we lose Florida and Texas we are finished....And the Dems know it.
Before George W. Bush was President Virginia was Republican, low crime and English speaking.
It can’t be.
First, all the Governors(Florida, Texas, Tennessee, Georgia) were running all over America and tripping over each other to lure big business South, from their high tax states. They gave away the farm with the promises of jobs for all their constituents, new tax revenue, more houses being built, people moving in and pumping money into local economies.
Well..........what happened? The companies did move. And they brought all their Democrat voting, liberal, hipster workers with them. They all realized that they could sell their 2000sf ranch, on Long Island, for $400-500k and buy a mini mansion someplace down south. And at the same time, cut their taxes by 60-70-80% and never have to shovel snow again. New schools, new parks, plenty of new soccer and baseball fields. What else did they bring, their Democratic/Liberal voting patterns. All the policies that got them up and out of “insert high tax northern state here”, they all started to vote for in their new home.
Go to Northern Virginia and you have 24yrs of Presidents and Congress growing the federal beast at an alarming rate. And feeding off the beast are lobbyists, law firms, polling firms, Unions, Industry associations, foreign governments, policy institutes, public relations firms, and everyone else that makes their money off the distribution of taxpayer dollars. All peddling their wares and promises to the morons in Congress, etc. And, they have the ability to feed themselves by making sure the beast never diminishes in size. So, if keeping the Dem’s or some RINO in power means they can cash the next check, then so be it.
Imagine what would happen if states conducted their elections, for things like Governor, if they had a system like an, electoral college. Each county or district gets one vote. I doubt you have very many Democratic Governors in the US and the Left controlled cities wouldn’t be able to dictate the rules to everyone else.
VERY depressing. Virginia, Colorado, now apparently Nevada... All former Red, then Purple states that have recently gone to The Dark Side.