"The two candidates in the general election are both anti-data center and so the question is what else might motivate voters," said political analyst Stephen Farnsworth. The professor at the nearby University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg said that while Prince William has been trending Democratic in recent elections, Republicans tend to turn out more consistently in off-year races.
Novice politician stuns incumbent board chair in Prince William County Democratic primary (WUSA)
“For the Republicans, the primary contest was good news for Gov. Youngkin,” said Stephen Farnsworth, professor at the University of Mary Washington and director of the university’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies. “The candidates that he backed pretty consistently won their primaries around the Commonwealth and so the governor’s effort to secure a majority in the legislature was strengthened by Republican primary voter preferences.”
Stephen Farnsworth, a political analyst at the University of Mary Washington, said that while Republicans moved to the right years ago, Democrats are in fact moving in a more liberal direction this year.
Virginia Democrats, Republicans spar over the primary results (Cardinal News)
“Hindsight is always 20/20,” Stephen Farnsworth, director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington, told The Daily Progress.
"I think one of the key things to look at tonight in the democratic race and several other races in Northern Virginia is this idea of an ideological definition of the Democratic party," said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington.
Keeping an eye on the Virginia primary with Professor Stephen J. Farnsworth (WUSA 9)
“It’s a strategy designed to weaken the Democratic party, nominating less competitive candidates for the general election can only help Republicans,” University of Mary Washington political scientist Stephen Farnsworth said.
GOP urges Republicans in Fairfax and Loudoun counties to vote in Democratic primary (NBC 4)
