Whew.

I read that the early voting ballots are not counted until all the poll votes are in.

😄

Not so narrowly. Could end up close to 4.

"VIRGINIA IS FOR DEMOCRATIC LOVERS", now!

This wouldn't have been necessary. I'm proud of my YES vote!

And those against the measure may migrate to a different state, forcing a reduction by census. California is on the verge of it already.

And not to forget, that the current level of "backfire" as registered by fed-up Democrats is solely the result of Trump pressuring state legislatures in Texas, Missouri, and elsewhere to redraw maps in order to give the GOP a disproportionate share of Congressional seats. Republicans who control state legislatures have redrawn maps without voter input., whereas Democrats in California and Virginia have taken the issue directly to voters. Some MAGA types may indeed be disgruntled as they see their prospects slip away through dire (for them) special election outcomes, successful statewide redistricting measures, and someone's dismal poll numbers. However, they would be well-served to keep in mind (which they won't) exactly who initiated this unprecedented mid-census arms race. It wasn't the Democrats.

turns out Dems are just better at it. These consequences are merely the reaction of GOP overreach.

a unbiased systematic research on this but what I did find was that racial dynamics play a significant role in people leaving a state but political climate does not. People are more likely to move more locally to live near people whose politics match theirs but not necessarily between states. Even the whole "California Exodus" appears to be largely a conservative political narrative that isn't supported by the data. You notice that there isn't a lot of talk about conservative policies driving liberals out of red states (and when there is, it tends to be dismissed as "wishful thinking" on liberals parts). The reality is that people go where the jobs are and a lot of Americans can't afford to move merely for political reasons.

Edit to add: Only about 2.4% of Americans move to a different state in a given year - even if this causes that to double that's less than 5% of the population...and there may be people who choose to move to the state because of this.

a one-and-a-half-point win is a landslide, but a three-point win is narrow.

Those No voters don't care about fighting for democracy. What a bunch of cowards.

but, we Virginia "Lovers" won it!