Calthrina950
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« on: October 13, 2019, 10:55:52 PM » |
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« edited: October 15, 2019, 11:41:37 PM by Calthrina950 »
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Yes. And in many ways, Virginia is Missouri's mirror-image. Whereas in Missouri, the rural and exurban areas have won out over the urban and suburban areas (and have always been dominant in that state), the reverse has happened in Virginia. In Missouri, of course, the dozens of rural counties between St. Louis and Kansas City determine the state's political fate, whereas in Virginia, it's destinies are shaped largely by Northern Virginia, and to a lesser extent, by the Richmond, Hampton Roads, and Virginia Beach metropolitan areas; the dozens of rural counties and smaller independent cities increasingly do not matter. Another difference is that Missouri's white population controls that state's fate, whereas Virginia's large nonwhite minority has a more substantive influence on its politics.
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