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'We're making our way': how Virginia became the most progressive of the US's southern states

We re making our way : how Virginia became the most progressive of the US’s southern states
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Having lived in Virginia most of his life, Larry Sabato can remember racially segregated schools and systematic efforts to stop Black people voting. Now 68, he observes a state that has diversified, embraced liberal values and shifted from symbol of the old south to symbol of the new.
“I have to admit, as a young man I would never have believed it was possible for Virginia to move in such a strong progressive direction,” said Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. “I worked for candidates back then who were progressive. I used to joke, ‘If I work for you, you’re going to lose, you have to understand that’. And they always did. ....

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'We're making our way': how Virginia became the most progressive of the US's southern states

'We're making our way': how Virginia became the most progressive of the US's southern states
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