It's remarkable how ironclad Republican control of VA was for about 15 years (often with the support of conservative Dems in the legislature) before it all started falling apart last year (now it's moderate R's making deals with the statewide Dems). Makes me wonder if a lot of Southern states are more vulnerable to a Dem takeover than they look.
Interesting how Georgia and Virginia voted nearly identical to each other until 2004.
Not really, they were quite far apart during 1952-1980 cycle, maybe some similarities '84-'88, then Georgia proceeded to be quite a bit more D in '92 than both it and NC, and then after '96 Virginia suddenly became the most liberal Southern State sans The Al Gore effect in Tennessee for 2000.
Been that way since.
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