Details of Mason-Dixon West Virginia Poll

[opebo]

This fast growing Loudon county is typical of the fastest growing counties in the US - strongly Republican.  So much for the theory that 'the suburbs are trending left'.

[opebo]

That's way outer exurban. Inner suburbs (like Fairfax county) definately are.

They're just becoming part of the City - no growth or outright population decline.  All the population growth is occurring in the exurbs.  Hence the net effect on the vote statewide is parity.

[opebo]

This fast growing Loudon county is typical of the fastest growing counties in the US - strongly Republican.  So much for the theory that 'the suburbs are trending left'.

The fastest growing counties are currently strongly republican because there are very few people before the growth.  This means that the area is sparsly populated ergo strong GOP.  However, as it grows it moves to the left.

Yes but getting 60% of the vote in a heavily populated county can be better than getting 70% in a sparsely populated rural one, in terms of net contribution to the statewide vote.