Post election focus group study finds school closures, not crt, drove youngkin to victory

[MT Treasurer]

I’ve long had a suspicion that it is COVID more than any other issue that is fueling anger and resentment toward this administration/the current left and even driving traditionally Democratic-leaning voters away from the party. The one thing human beings are going to react more even more strongly to than divisive cultural issues in which one side in particular isn’t willing to compromise at all and has a monopoly on the public institutions/media/academia are restrictions and mandates imposed by the state that constrain them in their everyday lives (not just physically, but emotionally and psychologically). While the former will make people dislike an administration (strongly or less strongly), the latter will generate deep hatred and fear, two emotions that couldn’t be better turnout motivators for the party out of the White House. A state intervening in the lives of its citizens to the extent that we have seen and putting this kind of pressure on its citizens is quite a precedent that should never be turned into a norm, not even rhetorically. The more salient and 'felt' this issue is in 2022, the more it has the potential to break Democrats' necks.