Virginia was a reliably red state from 1952 to 2004, but population booms near Washington, D.C., gave the state a competitive edge through the 1990s before it eventually went blue in 2008.
The Old Dominion State has voted blue since then, with President Joe Biden winning its 13 electoral votes by 10 points in 2020. Despite its likelihood to stay blue, the Washington Examiner’s swing-state project covers the local DMV area, taking into account what voters in our region are concerned about.
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