Talk:2012 United States presidential election in Virginia

Winner take all?

How are delegates allocated relative to the vote in this primary? Winner-take-all, proportional, or what? Thanks.CountMacula (talk) 13:26, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

They are allocated unfairly. Romney gets 60% of the vote but 93% of the delegates! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.35.144.5 (talk) 15:15, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Article name

Please see discussion at Talk:United States presidential election, 2012#Article name, to change ", 2012" to "of 2012". Apteva (talk) 22:42, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

NVA

Loudoun cant be described as progressive when it votes only 0.5% more Democratic than Virginia as a whole. Arlington's population has grow over 30% since 2000, and votes Democratic by a 30% to 40% margin. Loudoun is a swing county, Arlington is most certainly a progressive county... I removed the two unreferenced sentences, since I couldn't find a ref. Buzzards-Watch Me Work (talk) 03:24, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Loudon County voted Democratic for Obama twice. It is one of the three heavily populated NoVA counties that have swung from Republican to Democratic in 2008/2012 and are a big part of why Virginia is now blue. Arlington has been Democratic forever, even when Virginia was a solid red state. It voted for Walter Mondale in 1984 when Ronald Reagan was carrying the state 62-37. It is not really relevant. Loudon County's flip to the Democratic side is absolutely relevant to understanding the 2012 election result. As for the other sentence, it is based on raw numbers, as can be found on Wikipedia's own presidential election articles. Virginia had been a red state since 1952, being more Republican than the nation in every election from 1952- until 2012. VA being more Dem than the nation in 2012 is vital information. Look it up on Wiki's own presidential election articles. VA had not been more Dem than the nation since Truman's victory in 1948. Obama in 2012 carried VA by a slightly larger margin than he won the national election by. That is historically significant information. Inqvisitor (talk) 21:46, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

First, read the sentence: "Democratic gains can be attributed to the growth of progressive suburban Northern Virginia". The word "growth" implies to increased population, Arlington's population grew 30% over the last decade, compared to 10% at the state level. Thus, Democratic gains are contributed to Arlington's "grow".

Secondly, I removed the sentence because no ref. was available... I should note, however, the conservative vote was split in the state; the Constitution Party's candidate, Virgil Goode, is from Virginia. Goode received 0.09% at the national level, compared to 0.34% at the state level. I think it's fair to assume, Goode's performance resulted in a Democratic advantage. Also your statement, "Virginia is now blue" isn't factual. Virginia was one of eight swing states in 2012, like Florida and North Carolina. Blue states, like Maryland, vote Democratic by 20+ margins. Buzzards-Watch Me Work (talk) 01:31, 28 June 2014 (UTC)