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Oh, Obama!
Virginian's have a history of voting Republican (at least to my knowledge), but it seems the times are changing.
What is usually a big gap between the polls in Northern Virginia versus the voters in central and southern Virginia. Combined, we turn out to be in somewhat of a purple state.
Not this election. Oh no, Virginia, you said, we want a change. We want a Democratic candidate. We want Obama.
I like the idea of a Potomac primary; something I had to soften myself too as I originally thought we were snuffed by the more important "Super Tuesday" states.
After our primary, however, I am very pleased. Democratic voters came out in legions, and I am hoping that we are all comrades in the movement towards change.
740,000 Democratic ballots were cast compared to 287,000 Republican. What once started as a campaign directed towards young people (my age, the ones who's hands the country is resting in, as he said at George Mason University last year when I was there) the middle class and minorities.
Not anymore. Could it be? Is there actual truth to the myth that Obamacins, as analysts are referring to Republicans who voted for Obama, really exist? It seems so.
Obama earned 620,000 votes in Virginia, more than the combined total of the six Republicans who appeared on the ballot, according to the Wall Street Journal. In our county, 1,013 people voted for him, according to Ruth. Clinton earned 742 votes.
It's hard for me not to completely disclose my opinions on particular candidates. But as far as the party's go, I have a feeling this election's going to be a ball.
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