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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I moved from moco to Loudoun a few years ago to be closer to work (Fairfax county). It seems like even though nova is very blue it’s not as blue as moco MD. There are more moderates/conservatives here, and [b]I’m watching moco move farther to the left with people like Elrich[/b]. I have some friends here who insist that nova is just as liberal as moco but I have to disagree. Thoughts? Maybe it’s because I live out in Ashburn and don’t live in Alexandria or McLean.[/quote]

No, you're not. Marc Elrich is a 73-year-old man who was first elected to the county council in 2006. I just can't with the descriptions of him as if he were Trotsky, Abimael Guzmán, and Emma Goldman all rolled up into one. [/quote]

Most places are to the right of MoCo.

Not just Elrich, you also have Kristin Mink, Kate Stewart, Will Jawando, and the whole Takoma Park/Silver Spring People's Vanguard. [/quote]

Except MoCo is full of immigrants from Latin America, Asia, and Africa who are actually moderate, if not fairly conservative. They would vote R when eligible if the party was less obviously racist and xenophobic.[/quote]

Elrich has a ton of support from the Salvadoran and Ethiopian communities.[/quote]
dp.. ok, but that's an overall small minority of people in MoCo, and according to some people, the vast majority of Salvadorians can't even vote.

Also, FFX county has a lot of immigrants, but I guess they are a different shade, so it's different. Right?[/quote]

Unless Fairfax County's immigrants are green and come from Mars, then no, it's obviously not different. This whole "immigrants are actually very conservative and naturally Republican" thing does not seem to be persuading a majority of immigrant voters.[/quote]

Or maybe, just maybe, immigrants are not an ideological monolith,  and those who vote, based on the candidate they trust? Sure, I know a lot of wealthy Asian and South Asian families in Potomac who lean center-right. I also know that the Salvadoran, Ethiopian, Eritrean and West African communities in Silver Spring have supported Elrich for a long time because he's been around listening and responding to their concerns. And he's not actually a Communist. [/quote]

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