If Mittens can't win the most natural country club land against the national average... I don't know how does he plan on getting to 270.
Please admit this post is a joke before I deliver any ridicule.
First of all, American politics is divided through culture, not class. The far-left needs to understand this will not be changing.
Second point, the wealth is Northern Virginia is a product of high-paying government jobs. As the federal government grows, so will the number of government workers in NoVA. Government workers are not inclined to vote Republican, for reasons that should be fairly obvious.
Lastly, much of the swing in NoVA can be attributed to a fast-growing Hispanic population that is also increasingly Democratic, as we see with Hispanics elsewhere. Factor in increased black turn-out and you have a Democratic trend.
Fortunately for Democrats, the party you and Snowstalker and others envision is a fairy tale.
I am posting on a 2012 board... But the party will be what me and Snowy envision in 5 to 10 years once the majority of Democratic voters are minority. Hopefully establishment is overthrown at the same time.