Virginians Stoked on Amazon Following Arlington Decision

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/poll-virginians-approve-of-northam-amazon-deal-and-casinos-but-take-dim-view-of-trump/2018/12/04/98ccca0e-f839-11e8-8c9a-860ce2a8148f_story.html?noredirect=on

Poll: Virginians approve of Northam, Amazon deal and casinos but take dim view of Trump

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RICHMOND — Most Virginia voters approve of Gov. Ralph Northam (D) and think the state is heading in the right direction, according to a new poll that also shows strong support for a deal that will bring part of Amazon’s East Coast headquarters to the state.
Eleven months into his four-year term, Northam enjoys support from 59 percent of voters, including 32 percent of Republicans, a poll from the Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport Universityfound. The poll, released Wednesday morning, found that 24 percent of voters disapprove of the job Northam is doing.
President Trump got much lower marks, with 35 percent of voters saying they approve of the job he’s doing and 57 percent of voters saying they disapprove.
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Voters across the state strongly favor a deal, announced with great fanfare in November, to bring one of Amazon’s headquarters locations to Crystal City in Northern Virginia. That site will split up to 50,000 jobs with a second location in New York City. (Amazon founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos owns The Washington Post.)
Northam and Arlington County leaders agreed to give Amazon $819 million based on the company’s creation of 25,000 jobs with an average wage of $150,000. The incentives, which are subject to General Assembly approval, include $195 million in transportation improvements and a $1 billion Virginia Tech graduate campus in Alexandria focused on innovation.
Voters support that deal by more than a 2-to-1 margin, with 68 percent saying they approve and 30 percent saying they disapprove. Support is highest — 90 percent — in the state’s economically challenged Southside and southwestern regions. Seventy-two percent of voters in Northern Virginia, which will be home to Amazon, said they support the project.

In case anyone was wondering what the political fallout of "HQ2" is

idk if HQ1.5 will translate to jobs in the panhandle, but it might mean increased tax revenue, which, with an increasingly democratic house of delegates, could mean more services for them.