Democrats are pretty bad at managing states. California? Illinois? Disasters. New York is okay but still has a shortfall. Maryland, too, has a shortfall. While McDonnell's Virginia has a surplus.
Exactly one of the main reasons I'm a Republican,
The GOP may have some pretty kooky base supporters on paper but the Democrats can't govern anything whether on the county, state, or federal level to save their lives.
Democrats have literally destroyed California and Illinois, and New York and New Jersey are a disaster. Maryland is the land of massive, bloated big government