Posted on 11/06/2013 6:37:47 AM PST by Qbert
Blinded immigrants come here to flee their hell holes and then they vote to turn the USA into the place they fled. Simply maddening...
You have a very valid point.
Indeed the Demographics are much the same as Maryland.
Where Montgomery County if Tijuana East, and Prince Georges Howard and Baltimore are Zimbabwe West.
Using the McDonnell example is really comparing apples and oranges. In 2009 the Dem candidate was a poor one and he did not have a huge funding advantage like McAwful. There was no real third party challenger.
The Dem turnout in 2009 set historic lows, which I attribute to the still lingering glow of Obama's massive thumping of McCain. The Dems were complacent and thought that they did not have to invest the kind of effort needed to GOTV. In 2009 Deeds got 818,909 votes compared to McAwful's total of 1,064,016.
In 2009 McDonnell got 1,163,523 votes compared to Cuccinelli's 1,008,596. McDonnell had the benefit of a united Rep party (Bolling was not a sore loser) and an energized GOP due to Obama's emerging agenda and an economy that was still suffering big time. Cuccinelli did not have a unified party (Sore loser Bolling threatening to run as an independent and the Rep mayor of Virginia Beach endorsing McAwful). EW Jackson was a drag on the ticket and a polarizing figure that helped the Dems energize their base around social issues.
I mentioned immigration as a demographic issue, not a political issue. Immigrants vote two to one for Dems. And they have been driving population growth. Each cohort that turns 18 each year becomes more and more Dem.
Immigrants, legal and illegal, total 911,119 or 11.4 percent of the total population of Virginia up from 5% in 1990 and 8.1% in 2000. 45% of the immigrant population are citizens. Virginia has the 9th highest number of immigrants in the countrymore than states like Arizona and Nevada.
The unemployment rate in VA today is well below the national average. In Fairfax County it is about 4%.
McDonnell had endorsed Bolling as the nominee for Governor. McDonnell had his scandal that tainted him and the GOP. McDonnell worked with the Dems to get a huge tax bill passed to fund transportation angering many Reps. McDonnell was tainted goods and he really had to distance himself from Cuccinelli rather than campaigning for him.
The close election last night shows the infrastructural elements such as demographics are not insurmountable after all in Virginia. But the GOP candidate needs to hone his or her message to adjust to it. Cuccinelli failed in that regard.
Dream on. Obama won the state twice. We have two Dem senators. In 2000 Kaine actually received more votes than Obama--over 2 million. The Dems have a decided advantage in any statewide election and that advantage is growing as the demographics change. Many of the GOP delegates in the 2013 races in NoVa eked out victories by hundreds of votes. There will eventually be a time when the Dems will dominate the region in Delgates, not just the Senate.
The message is not the problem as much as the numbers of Dems grow. The GOP could adopt the Tom Davis view and become more moderate and like the Dems, but even that will not be enough to win.
“McDonnell had endorsed Bolling as the nominee for Governor. McDonnell had his scandal that tainted him and the GOP. McDonnell worked with the Dems to get a huge tax bill passed to fund transportation angering many Reps. McDonnell was tainted goods”
You completely missed point. I was referring to McDonnell’s campaign in 2009, NOT his term as governor. That’s a different matter altogether.
I think another 2 to 3 weeks and Cuccinelli would have won.
Thanks. That's encouraging.
I understand. I was trying to compare the different circumstances between 2009 and 2013. In 2009 McDonnell was running against Kaine’s record during the Great Recession and a down economy. Cuccinelli was running uphill in 2013 for the reasons I provided. The GOPe in VA and nationally were not supporting him, And McDonnell’s scandal hurt him as well.
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