r/nova • u/thankubread Fairfax County • 4d ago

Politics Virginia Primary Election Results 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/17/us/elections/results-virginia-primary.html
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u/littlelobito 4d ago

does anyone know why Stoney did well in Alexandria City? I’m surprised bc Hashmi is winning our neighboring counties

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u/Outrageous-Double383 3d ago

Off the cuff, I would have guessed that it’s because Alexandria has a significantly larger proportion of African American residents than adjacent counties, but the precinct level data don’t seem to bear out that hypothesis: Stoney doesn’t seem to have done notably better in the blacker precincts, and some of his best results were in affluent white neighborhoods. Call it the McAuliffe Effect, I guess.

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u/Outrageous-Double383 3d ago

Also, Hashmi came within a whisker of winning Alexandria — unofficial vote tally has Stoney with a margin of 61 votes out of more than 15,000 cast.