How Two Candidates Won by 15+ Points in Appalachian Virginia — and Still Lost their Gubernatorial Primaries

Appalachian Virginia received another lesson last week in its ongoing education on political math. In the state’s Democratic and Republican primaries, the region voted for liberal populist Tom Perriello and Confederate-defending, conservative firebrand Corey Stewart, respectively. Both lost to more establishment-oriented candidates who succeeded in winning in Virginia’s three major […]