And it’s because of that fact, that the R candidate is a GOPe/McConnell/uniparty shill that I suspect the Ds will hold VA.
Have to connect and motivate the “Trump Base” in the rural areas to overcome NOVA... D is a bore too so NOVA turnout will be down, but sadly I doubt a generic establishment R can connect and motivate the “Trump Base” for lack of a better term to show up at the polls.
Had VA ran a more Trumpesque candidate, non GOPe guy I think this would have almost been an automatic win for the R... way it sits now is say Gillespie could pull off a win, but the most likely outcome is Ds hold it... it will be close, my guess is under 3 points at most, probably less than that.
Time will tell.
I find it absolutely amazing how many of the Gillespie cheerleaders on this thread are NOT from Virginia. Tells you something.
I smell UniParty paychecks...