virginia.

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It's more of a toss up, swing, battleground state now. The tentacles of our government in D.C. have reached our first beloved colony. Obama probably did better than Democrats would have done there in the last 2 elections so even if the next couple elections in VA reflect the popular vote, it's hard to say if a generic Democratic candidate would have carried the state or had Obama's numbers there. There has definitely been a trend too which has helped the Democrats in the Old Dominion. By 2020 we'll be able to fully experience Obama's advantages or know that Virginia's outcomes in 2008 and 2012 were a result of trends.