What does Virginia want now -- and what does that mean for America?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Smith told me his paramount issues were protecting abortion rights and defending gun rights, which placed him squarely between the two parties, and he still felt undecided as he prepared to vote.
60% : Thanks to the work of CASA and other advocates, undocumented immigrants in these neighborhoods no longer face hard-line enforcement policies imposed by a previous generation of conservative local officials.
59% : Hampton, who works in health insurance, and her husband, Tony, a sign language interpreter for public schools, are Black and think Democrats are exaggerating and exploiting racial issues for political gain.
51% : But when all the turmoil in our cities happened, you know, with George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. ...
36% : They abolished the death penalty, legalized marijuana and passed laws addressing voting rights, climate change, immigrant rights, LGBTQ rights and other priorities.
19% : McGuire largely blames the far left for the poisoned atmosphere -- progressives who dismiss Trump voters as racists, for example -- though she faults the far right as well -- conservatives who automatically reject the concerns of Black Lives Matter and dismiss Democrats as "socialists."

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