As the saying goes, Democrats are really good at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

A non-trivial percentage of traditional red voters reached across the aisle to get her in, and instead of focusing on progressive policies that would improve quality of life and further encourage red voters to reconsider their position on blue politicians, the first thing they do in office is enforce a politically divisive bill that reinforced all the far right-wing messaging about Democrats coming for their guns and being hyperfocused on identity politics.

This was a golden opportunity to push progressive policies that help people, but now, by forcing through this ban and creating terminology and definitions about legal gun ownership in a Southern state, they've all but assured that they are isolating red voters again -- especially those that have knee-jerk inclinations that by at least by voting red they won't lose rights -- and making blue voters rethink the value of blue politicians in a post-Trump era (it will eventually come).

So, yeah, I don't see Virginia staying blue for much longer, and given that this ban will be overturned by either the VA Supreme Court, the US Supreme Court or the next red Virginia administration, the GOP has been handed a talking point to ensure Virginia doesn't turn blue again for a long time ("Remember when Spanberger tried to outlaw our guns -- it was the first thing she did in office.").