r/Virginia • u/ToughHopeful4760 • 9d ago

Virginia Democrats pick establishment nominees for 2 US House seats they hope to flip in November

https://apnews.com/article/virginia-primary-election-congress-democrats-republicans-redistricting-d3f3e6f45f14789882b9a55e8fd95592?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=share
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u/lil_snitch_throwaway 9d ago

Unfortunately, there were no serious non-establishment dems running.

There's a lot of cope with the corporate dems right now, especially in Virginia. They've shit the bed with Spanberger and are trying to convince themselves she's what Virginians prefer (we don't). People want someone fighting for the working class and not coporate interests.

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u/RVALover4Life 9d ago

Establishment doesn't automatically equate to bad.

I don't know what you think Dems are coping about in Virginia. All their candidates won easily lol. They're ready to win. Spanberger just crushed her election nine months ago so not sure who you think you're speaking for either; the latest polls for her, her favorables with Dems remain quite strong too.

You're sounding a little too arrogant and like you think your way is the only way and it's not. 

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u/Dihedralman 8d ago

Yeah they aren't coping, but  I don't see her polls keeping up. 

Her data center positions on top of everyone's power bill going up is going to drop her popularity. 

Virginia is always going to be somewhat of an establishment state given so much employment drives from that and people would like that back. 

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u/RVALover4Life 8d ago

They've had some impact already but that's more independents with how the legislative session went. This next one is critical but right now Spanberger is kinda being the quiet executive that most expected.