Title: Why is Virginia becoming so liberal? - Quora
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Why is Virginia becoming so liberal?
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Jeff Verkouille
, Born there, live elsewhere. Answered 4 years ago · Author has 7.3K answers and 5.4M answer views
Virginia has been modernizing and becoming part of the nearby federal apparatus for longer than my almost fifty years, but that is mostly the eastern portion of the state. Universities have also contributed to this more liberal shift as well, especially since so much modern conservatism has been constructed on willful ignorance (young earth creationists, global warming deniers, people who believe Obama is a Communist Muslim Kenyan, etc.) The more rural parts of the state have retained their conservative heritage, but the population growth has favored urban areas over farms, so the majority of pe
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Virginia has been modernizing and becoming part of the nearby federal apparatus for longer than my almost fifty years, but that is mostly the eastern portion of the state. Universities have also contributed to this more liberal shift as well, especially since so much modern conservatism has been constructed on willful ignorance (young earth creationists, global warming deniers, people who believe Obama is a Communist Muslim Kenyan, etc.) The more rural parts of the state have retained their conservative heritage, but the population growth has favored urban areas over farms, so the majority of people have grown more open minded. Women and minorities have more say and sway over politics, business, and life in general than they once did, and that has further limited both the appeal and power of conservatives. Mind you, I wouldn’t personally call Virginia liberal, and the voting record is more purple or mixed, but you are correct in that it is less conservative than it once was. Can’t say I mourn that, but it is a free country and everyone is entitled to their own preferences and opinions. Ernest W. Adams
, Game Design Consultant, Author, and Professor
Answered 4 years ago · Author has 31.5K answers and 193.2M answer views
Urbanization.