In rural Virginia, Democrats have almost disappeared in local elections

In rural Virginia, Democrats are much like Schrödinger’s famous cat: both dead and alive at the same time.

Real-size cat figure in the garden of Huttenstrasse 9, Zurich, where Erwin Schrödinger lived 1921 – 1926. Depending on the light conditions, the cat appears either alive or not. Courtesy of Koodig.