Democrats will need to produce a big enough margin in Roanoke to outweigh Republican-voting Roanoke County, Salem and Montgomery County. Can that be done? Here s a look at previous elections.
Virginia Republicans have a nominee for governor with a much better chance of winning than many Democrats realize.
Nationally, Republicans are letting themselves get transformed into a cult of personality by a losing candidate who holds many views that run directly counter to the partyâs long heritage.
Virginia Republicans did not let that happen, though. We live in an age of ânarrativesâ but the narrative of Donald Trump taking over the Republican Party does not explain what just happened in the âunassembledâ Republican convention where the party picked a statewide ticket using ranked-choice voting.
Yes, 2021 finds that Virginia Republicans have certainly shifted much further to the right than their political party once was.