Virginia Mega Thread: The Youngkin Administration

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Hopefully we can call Youngkin , YoungKing after tonight

All my Trump friends just called and said they're voting for McAuliffe after than poor pun.

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One thing I don't understand is how red avatars can talk out both sides of their head regarding turnout levels.  First, they'll say low turnout is a good sign for them because Democrats' Virginia coalition is full of "high propensity" voters (i.e., White college-educated types.)  Then, they'll turn around in the face of probable +3M turnout and say this is also good for T-Mac?  which is it?  lol

Like, I still fully expect McAuliffe to win ~6 pts but the Atlas pundit-think is beyond silly

I'm not getting involved in the what-means-what discussion, but it's quite plausible that medium propensity voters lean Republican, while highs and lows both lean Democrat, right?

Thus in that scenario , medium turnout would be good for Youngkin and either extreme would be good for McAuliffe.

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> Fairfax County is delayed in reporting its early vote ballots. We do not know when we are expecting those ballots to be counted, but it will not be by the self-imposed 8 p.m. deadline.

Per the NYT

Waiting to see how many votes McAuliffe needs to win /s

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Ok Tmac will win imo

All signs point to Youngkin.

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This is glorious

I don't have any real stake in who wins this race, but why is it glorious?  Are you proud of this race?  Youngkin is winning for one reason and one reason only -- TMac made a gaffe in a debate that Youngkin took full advantage of to falsely imply that TMac wanted to force our children to learn that white people are inherently evil and racist, and voters bought it hook line and sinker.  You proud of that?

COPE

Congrats. Hopefully it will mean as little for your side in the big picture as the 2019 governor races did for us.

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yeahhhhh this one’s over.

Sure seems that way. What would the path even be for McA at this point?

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As I am typing this right now, Youngkin barely has a 130K lead over T.M.A. and 13% of the vote still needs to be counted.

Sure, but where are the remaining votes going to come from? All signs are pointing to a 2-3 point for Youngkin.

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Virginia 2024 presidential election:

Likely D -> Lean R