Virginia Mega Thread: The Youngkin Administration

[John Dule]

This result is certainly embarrassing for the Democrats, and particularly for Terry McAuliffe. I personally still believed that McAuliffe would pull it out, but it's clear that Youngkin had momentum. And McAuliffe ran a terrible campaign. If Democrats can't win in Virginia, then how are they going to hold the Upper Midwest next year? Or how will they do in states like Arizona, North Carolina, Texas, and Florida? I'm doubtful.  

But Georgia is titanium D now. Everyone on Atlas said so.

[FT-02 Senator A.F.E. 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦]

Back to the drawing board for Dems.

>implying they had a drawing board to begin with

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Congrats to the GOP. Credit where it is due, Youngkin ran a very strong campaign.
At least the GOP failed to pick up either house of the legislature and the Dem Senate should be a firewall blocking off whatever bad things Youngkin has planned.
VA Dems will be back in 2025.  They won't take this defeat lying down.

[Pericles]

At least it looks like Dems have lucked out to stop a Republican HoD majority, right?

[junior chįmp]

Back to the drawing board for Dems.

>implying they had a drawing board to begin with

They just gon blame leftists lmao.

[BigSerg]

At least it looks like Dems have lucked out to stop a Republican HoD majority, right?

Yes, 50/50

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

This result is certainly embarrassing for the Democrats, and particularly for Terry McAuliffe. I personally still believed that McAuliffe would pull it out, but it's clear that Youngkin had momentum. And McAuliffe ran a terrible campaign. If Democrats can't win in Virginia, then how are they going to hold the Upper Midwest next year? Or how will they do in states like Arizona, North Carolina, Texas, and Florida? I'm doubtful. 

But Georgia is titanium D now. Everyone on Atlas said so.

Georgia is not Virginia, and Virginia is not Georgia. Georgia is bizarro Mississippi.

[NYSforKennedy2024]

Back to the drawing board for Dems.

>implying they had a drawing board to begin with

Bold take here

In ways, this is worse than 2016. Like this is bad.

[ملكة كرينجيتوك]

What's shocking about this election is that it's like 8 years of Obama and 4 years of Trump didnt happen at all.

We're back to 2004. Hispanics and Asian Americans being much more favorable to the Republicans.

I don't even know if the GOP has clawed its way back to McCain 2008 margins with Vietnamese Americans. And I can't imagine any other Asian group would outright favor the GOP over Dems now, even in Virginia. But the comments about uniform swing suggest that the GOP has made steady gains with black voters there. And who know what happened with Latinos.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Back to the drawing board for Dems.

>implying they had a drawing board to begin with

They just gon blame leftists lmao.

Do you think CRT had anything to do with the loss or do you stand by your previous comments that these cultural issues don’t actually matter as much as the media thinks

[Chips]

Well, If there's one takeaway...I can say it sure does look interesting to see Virginia painted red!

[PSOL]

At least it looks like Dems have lucked out to stop a Republican HoD majority, right?

A 50/50 split has no impact on the VA National guard needed to prevent another 1/6

[jojoju1998]

What's shocking about this election is that it's like 8 years of Obama and 4 years of Trump didnt happen at all.

We're back to 2004. Hispanics and Asian Americans being much more favorable to the Republicans.

Loudon and Prince William were solidly Republican counties in 2004 and Fairfax was only Lean D

It's like when Obama got elected; everything was just messed up, and then Trump arrived and we all know what happened from 2017 to 2021.... right ?

And now that Obama and Trump are gone, and we have a old white democratic president, things are back to 2004.

[fhtagn]

At least it looks like Dems have lucked out to stop a Republican HoD majority, right?

A 50/50 split has no impact on the VA National guard needed to prevent another 1/6

This fearmongering is getting boring.

[Badger]

Regardless of what the margin ends up being, the fact that Republicans were able to improve upon the GOP baseline here by running against teaching Toni Morrison books is really all that any of us needs to know.

[jojoju1998]

What's shocking about this election is that it's like 8 years of Obama and 4 years of Trump didnt happen at all.

We're back to 2004. Hispanics and Asian Americans being much more favorable to the Republicans.

I don't even know if the GOP has clawed its way back to McCain 2008 margins with Vietnamese Americans. And I can't imagine any other Asian group would outright favor the GOP over Dems now, even in Virginia. But the comments about uniform swing suggest that the GOP has made steady gains with black voters there. And who know what happened with Latinos.

It's like when you remove Obama and Trump from the major center of conversation, and have a elderly old white man who's a democrat as the President, The Republican does better......

So maybe Obama and Trump were polarizing ??

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Regardless of what the margin ends up being, the fact that Republicans were able to improve upon the GOP baseline here by running against teaching Toni Morrison books is really all that any of us needs to know.

[Colbert]

At least it looks like Dems have lucked out to stop a Republican HoD majority, right?

R lead in seat 12, 28,75,83 & 91


and there is a TCTC race in the district 85

[tmthforu94]

Exciting to hear Winsome Sears speak, what a historic moment for Virginia!! She is someone to watch in the years to come.

[BigSerg]

https://twitter.com/ChazNuttycombe/status/1455758827320713217?s=20

[OSR stands with Israel]

What's shocking about this election is that it's like 8 years of Obama and 4 years of Trump didnt happen at all.

We're back to 2004. Hispanics and Asian Americans being much more favorable to the Republicans.

Loudon and Prince William were solidly Republican counties in 2004 and Fairfax was only Lean D

It's like when Obama got elected; everything was just messed up, and then Trump arrived and we all know what happened from 2017 to 2021.... right ?

And now that Obama and Trump are gone, and we have a old white democratic president, things are back to 2004.

Ehh , college educated whites are still way to the left of where they were in 2004 as keep in mind in 2004 it was still pretty much a Safe R group and now they are lean D and non college educated whites are still much to the right of where they were in 2004.

Now maybe you can say if you adjust by generational changes (given millianials had little to no voting power in 2004) it is like how things would look like if you adjusted 2004 for 2020 generation

[FT-02 Senator A.F.E. 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦]

Back to the drawing board for Dems.

>implying they had a drawing board to begin with

They just gon blame leftists lmao.

I mean, hell if all those that voted for Princess Blanding all voted for T-MA, they still would've lost. The only place in this election where that could make sense is Hopewell City, though, it probably wouldn't have changed much anyways.

[Alben Barkley]

You know for all the comparisons Biden gets to Jimmy Carter, at least Jimmy was able to hold the House and Senate in the 1978 midterms. I see little to no chance Biden does the same.

[Vespucci]

You know for all the comparisons Biden gets to Jimmy Carter, at least Jimmy was able to hold the House and Senate in the 1978 midterms. I see little to no chance Biden does the same.

The Democrats had 61 Senate seats and and 292 House seats going into the 1978 midterms. An identical performance in 2022 in terms of seats lost would still flip both chambers.

[Frodo]

You know for all the comparisons Biden gets to Jimmy Carter, at least Jimmy was able to hold the House and Senate in the 1978 midterms. I see little to no chance Biden does the same.

Even President Carter would have been hard-pressed to keep those majorities were they as tight as they are now.