Republican Glenn Youngkin Wins Virginia Governor's Race, Dems Lose Control of House

They mostly are voting Democrats by 80%-90% That's pretty close to monolithic although it does seem to be swinging to the Republicans even in baby steps.

You know I agreed with your first statement people who think their race is better, no matter what race they are white, black, asian, etc, don't necessarily have to be "anti" other races. But then you dropped the names of two conservative blacks, I don't get what your point there are you saying they are white supremist or something?

 

And a majority black district in VA

 

She has the Trump problem, but without the commitment. She is an outsider and doesn’t know how things work, and people hate her already. She has a slim to none chance of being on the 2024 ticket, and knows it. Local rumor is that intense charm school and government/foreign affairs are helping, but the democrats are facing a bleak three to seven years, possibly longer due to Biden’s ham handed attempt at stuffing socialism down our throats on a party line vote.
It should bring little glee to the Republicans who will get the chore of tackling so every serious issues. The bright spot is the departure of Pelosi, and her glee at torpedoing bipartisanship at every juncture.

 

Sabato throws his reputation away, reveals himself as yet another shrill blind partisan hack.

Krugmanesque hysteric Sabato claims Glenn Youngkin’s victory was a triumph of white supremacy.

@LarrySabato says, if @GlennYoungkin wins, it'll be b/c of white power & accepting lies: "The operative word is...race. That is what matters...There's a lot of...white backlash, white resistance, whatever you want to call it...We live in a post-factual era[.]" #VAgov

What an idiot.

Another clown: MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace: "Critical Race Theory, which isn’t real, turned the suburbs 15 points to the Trump insurrection endorsed Republican."

Claimed this was all “white backlash”

Virginia votes as poll expert says “white backlash” could power Republican win.

By promising at nearly every campaign stop to ban critical race theory, an advanced academic concept not taught in Virginia schools, Mr. Youngkin resurrected Republican race-baiting tactics in a state that once served as the capital of the Confederacy.

They hate you Virginia, never forget that. To them you are the easy girl that they will pretend to like as long as you keep putting out. But, if you want to be heard, valued and listened to, you made the right choice.

Expect this incendiary mix of children and racism to be chapter one of the Republican playbook in next year’s midterm elections for Congress.

To these race obsessed idiots, "white backlash" accounts for the election of a black lieutenant governor, the first black woman to win statewide office in Virginia, and a Hispanic attorney general. Some Democrats really don't mind looking stupid, I'll give them that.

"Youngkin carried Hispanic voters by a wide margin, 55%-44%. And he scored well with black voters."

"Youngkin flipped HD-75, a majority-black district."

"Youngkin nearly doubled Trump’s share of the black women’s vote"

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/11/dems-remain-delusional.php

 

The racists that elected an African American immigrant woman as Lt. Gov. and a Hispanic American son of immigrants as their state AG at the same time?

 

Thread Win! Thank you.

 

Lets not forget- the guy who basically said 'you don't get a say in what we teach your children' was still only 2-3% away from winning governorship of a whole state.

This aint exactly a victory, its just not quite a defeat.

 

Yay for democracy and universal suffrage.

 

I can relate. I was a JFK Democrat and a member of the New Left in my youth, and what's happened to the former is a product of what happened to the latter. It's part of a long process that began in the late 1940s with Henry Wallace & Co.'s "progressives" who walked out of the Democratic Party on account of Harry Truman's uncompromising opposition to Stalin and the Soviet Union and was interrupted until the late 1960s when their "progressive" progeny forced their way (and views) back into the party during the height of the Vietnam War. Were it not for the Cold War and the Cold Warriors (JFK, et al) in the Democratic Party, what we're seeing today - the triumph of the "progressive" Long March through the Democratic Party - would have occurred decades ago. The party has been on this trajectory for a long time, and it's largely a reflection of the unfortunate demise of the New Left. Once the "progressives" ideologically purified the individualists from the ranks of the New Left, all that was left was the Old Left, and voilà - here we and the Democratic Party are. Obviously, there are a few "traditional" Democrats like Joe Manchin left, but as we can see they are a fading minority not only in the party but in the ideological and political Left.

It's on account of this long-running trend and the indoctrination of the next generation of young proles that I don't hold out any hope that this process will be reversed. As an acorn is destined to become an oak, not a maple or a pine, the New Left was destined to become the Old Left, and in this case the New Left acorn didn't fall far from the Old Left tree. I used to kid myself that this wasn't inevitable but it is. The Left has changed and the Democratic Party has changed with it.

 

If you can’t back your claim then your claim is quite literally by definition baseless

 

That be what… Virginia parents trying to have a say in what their children are taught in skruls?

****ing imaging ****ing that!

 

I'm wondering the same thing about you.

Your point? ...

Ok, here's your chance to educate me. What is CRT?

... because that's precisely what a number of them are doing.

No, it isn't. Even Terry McAwful HIMSELF platformed his campaign upon the concept that parents don't get a say in their own children's education...

Projection, as QED'd above...

 

This is arguably the best post in this entire thread. Thank you.

 

A few more fun facts:

That's the 75th District and Democrat Roslyn Tyler was the incumbent. A Republican challenger, Kim Taylor, also won the majority Black 63rd District to its immediate north, so between the two districts you're looking at a good chunk of South Central Virginia.

Both of those outcomes were a little bit surprising but in some respects they aren't, and the reasons why they aren't surprising is what makes them interesting and notable:

1) As we noted, both districts are majority Black

2) The 75th is a rural, agricultural district as is most of the 63rd, except for its northern reaches in Petersburg and western Chesterfield County

3) Politically speaking, both of these districts could be considered deep purple. Most of the folks on both sides of the aisle are moderates who are a little liberal about some things and a little conservative about others, so there's not a lot of difference between the Democrats and the Republicans. Because of that, they provide a good glimpse into the shifting of the political winds in Virginia and to some extent the country, so it's no surprise that the results in the 63rd and 75th reflect the result at the state level (and I anticipate will reflect the results at the national level in 2022). In fact, it was Kim Taylor's victory in the 63rd that put Republicans over the top in the House of Delegates where they turned a 10 seat minority into a 2 seat majority.

What happened in the 63rd and 75th also reflects how a majority of independents and the suburbs that are political battlegrounds swung Republican. For example, one of the suburban counties that Virginia politicos were watching closely was Chesterfield County (outside Richmond), and Republicans gained a seat there. No doubt, the people at the RNC are going to find that encouraging heading into 2022, and I have a feeling what you just saw in Virginia will repeat itself across the country next year.

Here's another thing I find somewhat remarkable - every Republican incumbent in the House won their elections, which means the only incumbents who lost their seats were Democrats (7 total):

Virginia House of Delegates Election Results
Last updated 9:20 p.m. on November 3
https://www.vpap.org/electionresults/20211102/house/

 

sometimes a loss before the midterms is good, as it reminds people to get out and vote during the midterms, time will tell

 

agree, some crazies on the left, but crazies on the right too, lot of them

the problem is Congress and people electing the extremes

 

Yes, this is big news.. However I think what is probably the biggest news and should REALLY highlight a shift is that Seattle elected a Republican mayor for the first time in 30 years....... Seattle.. The liberal Mecca of the US.

 

And ironically (and laughably) enough, they're the same ones who claim RWers don't know what CRT is and what the component parts of CRT are.

It's just like the tired old "progressive" bleat "RWers don't know what socialism is!".

I swear to God, I would rather have a drill bit shoved into my forehead before I have to read any more of the mind-numbing drivel Marx and Kendi have ground out their glutes.

 

Racist Democrats Throw White Women Under the Bus. “We can not only take comfort in the Republican victories, but we can also thoroughly enjoy the way the leftist narrative machine is flailing. Seriously, it’s fun to watch. I’m canceling most of my streaming subscriptions now.”

"OMG THE SOCCER MOMS IN KLAN HOODS!"

"Or not."

They may also hate apple pie.

 

I think you're thinking of the city attorney candidate, Ann Davison, whose win was shocking enough. I love the title of the article:

First Republican Elected in Seattle in Three Decades as Sanity Peeks Above the Parapet and Looks Around
https://redstate.com/streiff/2021/1...ks-above-the-parapet-and-looks-around-n469353

LOL - I think it was The Seattle Times that referred to the results as "progressive fright night".

 

I haven't seen any reports there was low turn out.

Virginia election sees highest turnout in recent history, fueling Glenn Youngkin’s victory
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/03/vir...-history-fueling-glenn-youngkins-victory.html

Sometimes a loss in the midterms.is a signal your message and policies are being rejected. I think that is more in play here.

 

I dont think Harrell is a R. I think he's just a regular/'moderate' D and not a lunatic fringe prog.