What Went Wrong in Virginia? One Word

Going into yesterday’s elections in Virginia, all of the pollsters had the legislative races running neck and neck. Governor Glenn Youngkin had talked himself hoarse at campaign stops and countless television interviews across the state for weeks on end, pushing people to embrace early voting and then working to drive every last Republican to the polls that he could. I’d heard his speech so often that I could recite it in my sleep. ‘We need to hold the House, flip the Senate, and save our state!’ It was a good plan, but when the dust settled, the opposite had happened. The Democrats held the Senate, flipped the House, and drove a stake through the heart of Youngkin’s vision. Despite much progress having been made in Virginia under his leadership, Virginia Democrats kept a death grip on a single message that got them over the finish line. If you turn the state over to the “MAGA Republicans,” they’re going to outlaw abortion. And it worked. (AP)Read More