“This primary is really about what foot the Democratic Party in Virginia is going to lean on,” said Quentin Kidd, a Virginia politics expert at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. “Whatever you call him, we’re not letting him bring his hate into Virginia,” Northam concludes in one of his television advertisements. Perriello’s presence at Dulles Airport to protest Trump’s first travel ban in January and participation in subsequent rallies against the executive order made an impression on Virginia Democratic National Committee member Yasmine Taeb, who is now a vocal supporter of his. And the bid of Sanders acolyte Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), to chair the Democratic National Committee was actively combatted by former President Barack Obama and his aides. Northam’s support is concentrated in more reliable Democratic constituencies, including older Democrats and black voters, particularly in central and Southeast Virginia, Kidd added.

Source: Huffington Post June 13, 2017 11:52 UTC