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Virginia was a destination because the FedGov was spending boucoup money since the Reagan Era, and VA has a ton of Gov and Military presence. The inside of the
by red-iron-pine 3y ago
Virginia was a destination because the FedGov was spending boucoup money since the Reagan Era, and VA has a ton of Gov and Military presence. The inside of the state may be literally Liberty University level conservative, but the defense contractors moving there were generally well educated and voted blue -- and moved there to do lucrative contracting work.
- rayiner 3y agoUntil recently, affluent, educated voters leaned Republican. That was certainly true of where I grew up in the 1990s in Northern VA.