At the same time, the Dems did not win a single district in coal country.
We have been moving in this coastal/urban vs central/exurban/rural direction for years. The Trump Era pretty much finally defined those two camps.
The concern for Republicans is that the suburbs are going to be the tie-breakers in these types of elections, and Gillispie got annihilated in the suburbs.
I don't believe they had any before, did they?
The concern for Republicans is that the suburbs are going to be the tie-breakers in these types of elections, and Gillispie got annihilated in the suburbs.
They've been the big reason why Virginia went blue nine years ago. But if the Republicans are losing Tidewater now then that, to me, would be pretty disturbing.