[goldstategop]

Really? Then VA should not even be competitive in a presidential election. But it does elect Democrats now.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[TaxRelief]

NC always votes Democrat for state gov’t (up to 85% Democrat), yet bizarrely votes Republican for president and occasionally governor.

There is a different breed of Democrat in the NC and VA: The Quasi-Conservative Democrat who is quite different from the Northeast Liberal.

A little history: The Republican Party did not even exist in NC until Jesse Helms brought it in, but there was still a two party system: the Democrats and the Dixiecrats.

Now the Dixiecrats were technically Democrats, but they were the business-oriented Democrats, generally voting republican for President, Governor and one Senator.

The Dixiecrats and their descendents are still very much Democrats by tradition, and for the serious leadership roles they still continue vote Republican (quietly).

So you can have a state with a gov’t that is 85% Democrat that still is Red when it comes to president.

[impeachedrapist]

But it does elect Democrats now.

And it always has. Through its history VA has a far more Democratic tradition than Republican for most races. However, it's been reliably Republican in Presidential races for 44 years. So every four years people talk about how Virginia is turning blue because so-and-so won a gubernatorial or Senate race.

I think it's something like 6 of the last 9 or 7 of the last 10 VA governors have been Dems.