Title: Why is Virginia becoming so liberal? - Quora
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Why is Virginia becoming so liberal?
Content: Generally speaking, the Republican party is seen as the party that put us in costly wars, and are speaking shit about immigrants, and are against science and education in general. These people came here to get away from this in their home countries. And they see Republicans as more of what they escaped from. 20% might be a minority, but it’s enough to swing the counties. Chandler Scarborough
, I'm a socially-liberal ex-Republican
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The eastern crescent of Virginia, running from Northern Virginia through Richmond and down to Virginia Beach, has become much more urban and more diverse. As people in those urban areas come to know neighbors, coworkers, and friends who are different from themselves, they become less fearful of those differences and develop greater empathy for people and points of view that differ from their own. A much larger percentage of these urban areas are populated by people who were originally from other places. Virginia's high concentration of military personnel along with northern Virginia's high tech
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The eastern crescent of Virginia, running from Northern Virginia through Richmond and down to Virginia Beach, has become much more urban and more diverse. As people in those urban areas come to know neighbors, coworkers, and friends who are different from themselves, they become less fearful of those differences and develop greater empathy for people and points of view that differ from their own. A much larger percentage of these urban areas are populated by people who were originally from other places.