Virginia voting laws during the Waltons TV show time frame

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Elections were very much one-sided Democratic affairs.  In Texas during that time, turnout in non-presidential years in the Democrat primary was typically 2 to 3 that of the general election.  Virginia might not have had primaries - its current laws are pretty open-ended with respect to how nominations are made.  The first Republican representative (from at least the 30s onward) was Joel Broyhill, who was elected in 1952 from Arlington, so hardly the real Virginia.

The poll tax wasn't really very much - but could be seen as an extravagance, especially in an environment without much cash.  It might have been necessary to go to the county seat (Rockfish?) to vote.

When John Walton was working in Norfolk, was there much much in the story about WWII, or wasn't it mostly about the Walton's being a family even when he wasn't home.