Loudon County, Virginia

[All Along The Watchtower]

This county is trending Democratic and in fact voted for Obama by a good margin, yet it is home to this Supervisor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Delgaudio, one of the leaders of the conservative movement. He's no social liberal from suburbia.

Is Delgaudio a fish out of water in that area, or is there still an ultra conservative part of this county?

[Bo]

The western part is still pretty conservative. It's the eastern part that is trending Democratic for the most part.

[All Along The Watchtower]

I'd be curious to see a precinct map.

[Bo]

I'd be curious to see a precinct map.

http://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/5705/redistricting-virginia-74-republican-gerrymander

Here is a link to one. You should be able to find Loudoun County in there.

[Smash255]

Western Loudon County is a bit more rural and conservative, but it appears he is from the eastern part of the county.

[Bo]

Western Loudon County is a bit more rural and conservative, but it appears he is from the eastern part of the county.

Maybe he is just a charismatic guy whom people will vote for without loooking at his positions? How long has he been in office exactly? Because if he was in office a long time, then he might have been elected when eastern Loudoun County was more conservative and just kept getting reelected due to his incumbency.

[Smash255]

Western Loudon County is a bit more rural and conservative, but it appears he is from the eastern part of the county.

Maybe he is just a charismatic guy whom people will vote for without loooking at his positions? How long has he been in office exactly? Because if he was in office a long time, then he might have been elected when eastern Loudoun County was more conservative and just kept getting reelected due to his incumbency.

According to the Washington Post (articleis pretty old, from 2002) he first ran unopposed in 1999, and ran mostly on an anti-tax platform, and many did not know his hateful iews.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A10885-2002Apr7?language=printer

[Bo]

Western Loudon County is a bit more rural and conservative, but it appears he is from the eastern part of the county.

Maybe he is just a charismatic guy whom people will vote for without loooking at his positions? How long has he been in office exactly? Because if he was in office a long time, then he might have been elected when eastern Loudoun County was more conservative and just kept getting reelected due to his incumbency.

According to the Washington Post (articleis pretty old, from 2002) he first ran unopposed in 1999, and ran mostly on an anti-tax platform, and many did not know his hateful iews.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A10885-2002Apr7?language=printer

Eastern Loudoun County was probably more conservative and Republican back then, especially consdering that there were much less minorities and young affulent professionals there back then. BTW, just because someone is a social conservative does not mean that they have hateful views.

[Conservative frontier]

I say Loundoun County is still winnable for the GOP. But, barely.

[Bo]

I say Loundoun County is still winnable for the GOP. But, barely.

I think Wolf still wins it all the time.