Boom. Another special election, another flip: Three Democrats get the boot in Virginia

American Thinker ^ | 05/21/2020 | Monica Showalter

[SeekAndFind]

Special elections can be tricky to gauge the general election from.

But when all of the results of them go just one way, it's pretty obvious the other party is in trouble.

Latest news: Three Virginia Democrats in a reliably blue city have just gotten the boot. A local reporter called it 'stunning beyond belief.'

The Daily Caller reports:

Three Democratic members of the Staunton, Virginia, city council were ousted by Republicans on Tuesday despite receiving more votes than they did four years ago.

Republican candidates Mark Robertson, Amy Darby, and Steve Claffey all joined incumbent Andrea Oakes in a four-seat GOP sweep, WHSV reported. The three incoming council members replaced Democratic incumbents Erik Curren, Ophie Kier, and James Harrington all almost doubled their vote totals from 2016, yet still lost.

And it wasn't just that city where Democrats lost out, there was also this:

Nearby Wayesboro also put two conservatives, Lana Williams and Bruce Allen, on their city council to “give conservatives a working majority,” Graham reported.

The Caller noted that even the Democrats' huge turnout machine was no match for the high enthusiasm rate of the Republican voters. Why was that? Well, because Virginia has seen some fearsome abuse from its Democratic rulers -- gun control legislation that makes no sense in Virginia's hinterlands, and then the coronavirus lockdown, which was a death sentence on small business. 

Yet it also follows from a string of GOP special election pickups, some with lockdown on the table, some without. In deep blue Connecticut last March, two seats were flipped to Republicans in a state legislature election, one by a candidate with a difficult-to-sell last name ("Bizzarro") 

[SeekAndFind]

Folks, the trend *IS* towards red, and no ballot-harvesting nor mail-in ballot schemes has been able to stop them.

Again, it’s not a certainty that these special elections, all going the same way. are going to turn the sky red come November. but this is a sign of something big in the works.

WE CANNOT BE COMPLACENT !! THERE WILL BE ATTEMPTS TO RIGGED THE RESULTS! BE VIGILANT.

[BradyLS]

Winning! MAGAA! Bebother and confustication to Fauci!

[Atlantan]

“the change in Staunton is stunning almost beyond words.”

https://augustafreepress.com/what-happened-in-staunton-massive-turnout-flips-queen-city-from-blue-to-red/

[bert]

Meanwhile, Virginia remains the Communist State

[xkaydet65]

Lot of conservatives in deep blue states don’t bother to vote. I skipped 2012 cause it was clear after thumping Barky in the first debate Pee Air Delecto didnt want to win. But this year every red pill voter has to get out there no matter how blue their environment.

[Salvation]

Go, Virginia. Get rid of some more dimocrats.

[Bullish]

Well, this news will be roundly ignored by the leftist media.

[jocon307]

VOTE THEM ALL OUT! GOOD JOB VIRGINIA! (See tagline!)

[LateBoomer]

You read it here first:

In November there will be multiple Dem strongholds where votes cast exceed registered voters. It’s inevitable with the levels of Conservative enthusiasm and Liberal voter fraud.