By now, we are all aware that Ralph Northam was the decisive victor in the Virginia Gubernatorial Election on November 7th. Where most polls forecasted a three percentage point win for the Democrat, his actual margin was a whopping nine percentage points–the second largest margin that a Democratic governor has won since 1985. So how did Ralph Northam pull off this landslide victory over Republican Ed Gillespie? Donald Trump and his low approval rating in the Commonwealth.
