tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post5624035081046705514..comments2024-01-03T05:23:36.046-08:00Comments on The Citizens: The Army of Northern VirginiaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-87911319120622587392007-11-08T07:24:00.000-08:002007-11-08T07:24:00.000-08:00Bob's right and it should make the current incarna...Bob's right and it should make the current incarnation of the Republican party tremble. <BR/><BR/>The Republicans have become the party of the rural whites, for the rural whites and by the rural whites. Anyone with even a passing familiarity with demographic trends in this country will realize what a rotten long term strategy that is. <BR/><BR/>As states like Virginia, Florida, Missouri, Ohio and others become more urban they are becoming less and less Republican. <BR/><BR/>I'm reminded of a conversation I had about 7 years ago with a very conservative Republican. He was pointing to the fact that all the fast growing states were traditionally Republican. "Ah, but don't count your electoral votes before they are stolen!" I said. "All that growth is in urban areas and Republicans from today won't be able to recognize an urbanized Virginia or North Carolina in ten or fifteen years."Raised By Republicanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461006522141969925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-51074706465412642022007-11-07T21:53:00.000-08:002007-11-07T21:53:00.000-08:00Hey! I don't get no credit?Ok, I _personally_ don...Hey! I don't get no credit?<BR/><BR/>Ok, I _personally_ don't necessarily deserve any credit, but NoVa isn't the only way the demographics are shifting in Virginia. Cities like Richmond (and Charlottesville, and others) are full of left-leaning DY's (like myself) and immigrants from places other than the North. My understanding is that in fact the urban centers have been pretty left-leaning for some time, it's just the more rural Republican countryside has had more votes.Scholeologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110359677410211160noreply@blogger.com