I was in wine country and I'm sure my route leaned more liberal. Like you said, I 100% still believe the suburbs and towns in those areas are Trump country (which i did not drive through, except for The Plains and Middleburg which were most Harris/Walz signs).BDKJMU wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 9:41 amI just did the same 8 days ago coming back from the Shenandoah Valley. I was literally counting the 100 miles of US 340 (mostly 2 lane) from Shenandoah VA to Frederick MD. In VA Page, Warren, Frederick, and Clarke Counties. I drive that route a double digit number of times a year. Trump signs Page Co it was 40+ Trump properties until the 1st Harris/Walz. Granted Page is the furthest from DC and it is Conkistan. Trump still outnumbered in Warren & Frederick Counties. The only places Harris/Walz outnumbered were Boyce and Berryville, both Clarke Co, so maybe Clark Co overall outnumbered Trump, but that’s because that’s the closest of those counties to DC, and most of those people work in NOVA/DC. Trump signs were outnumbered there also in 2020 and I think in 2016, but it’s hard to remember.∞∞∞ wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 9:00 am I drove through some mountain back roads in Virginia yesterday.
Not that yard signs are evidence of anything, but Harris/Walz signs outnumbered Trump signs by quite a bit, which is the complete opposite of 8 years ago. I wish I took a video of my drive. That said, these areas have grown more liberal over the years as Northern Virginians buy up weekend properties or move further west, but it was still shocking to see how many DNC signs there were compared to years past.
edit: this was between Frederick, Clarke, Warren, and Fauquier counties.
Commiela will easily win VA, but by less than the 10 pts in 2020.
That said, the areas I drove through definitely did not have this many Harris/Walz signage even four years ago, let alone eight.
