Have you ever been to Northern Virginia? I live here. Virginia is turning into not only Democrat-dominated, but hyper-partisan Democrat-dominated. I’ve worked in black neighborhoods of Boston in the 90s, and let me tell you, I never saw 1/10th the hatred for not only Republicans but for traditional America in general. And this is Fairfax County (which is to Virginia what Chicago is to Illinois), which used to red territory!
I would be far less surprised to see Massachusetts vote for Trump than Virginia.
Lived in Alexandria and Springfield, worked as an election official and volunteered for GOP campaigns in the same areas. So yeah.