Politico reports:
Just a year after President Barack Obama won the state’s electoral votes for the Democratic Party for the first time in 44 years, McDonnell, incumbent Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling and Republican attorney general candidate Ken Cuccinelli were elected easily over their Democratic opponents.
As of 9:36 p.m. EST, the map of Virginia is really turning red and the color shows in McDonnell’s win:
Back to its Red roots?
Let’s compare this to the 2008 map showing the Obama-McCain contest:
VA in 2008
Loudon and Prince William counties in the north have turned red. Fairfax isn’t dark blue anymore. Central Virginia is almost all red. So is the area northeast of Richmond. In the south, Chesapeake, Suffolk and Northampton counties have also switched sides to the GOP. As has tiny little Danville.
Of course, as Politico points out, the electorate this year is vastly different from last. Under-30s and blacks have stayed away from the polls. It seems liberals have too, or aren’t entirely convinced by Obama, Deeds, et. al.
These changes show in the results. Obama had carried the state 53-47. McDonnell whooped Deeds 60-40.
