![]() Youngkin also improved Republican standing among independents and moderates - more persuadable voters who make Virginia a competitive purple battleground. They weren’t necessarily committed to Democrats or Democratic candidates.” “A good number of were simply voting because they were angry at Donald Trump and wanted to send a message. And Donald Trump out of the White House essentially burst that bubble,” Kidd said. “There was a bubble, essentially, in Virginia, a Democratic bubble. ![]() ![]() Youngkin’s success with White women voters without degrees in Virginia exemplifies the fragility of their fleeting support for Democrats now that Trump is no longer in office. He earned the votes of three-quarters of the women in this key Republican voting bloc - outperforming not only McAuliffe this week, but also Gillespie and Democrat Ralph Northam in 2017. Youngkin also solidified his support among White women without college degrees. Half of voters aged 30-44 said they also voted for Youngkin, a group Democrats won handily four years ago. Youngkin won the support of nearly half of all voters younger than 30 - a 15 percentage point improvement over Republican gubernatorial nominee Ed Gillespie in 2017. “On the other side, you had younger conservative voters who have been less engaged over the last 10 years, who were suddenly really engaged because they were excited about the idea of having a candidate who was generating enthusiasm and energy, especially in the last three or four weeks of the election.” “They just were not engaged and excited about a ticket that they saw as not in tune with their issues or interests, and not of their generation,” Kidd said. Terry McAuliffe’s return to the campaign trail and largely stayed home. Meanwhile, younger, non-white Democrats - who had hoped for a younger, more progressive nominee - were not as energized by former Gov. And I think we learned also that moderate, independent voters, just because they’ve been voting against Donald Trump for the last four years doesn’t mean Democrats can take them for granted.”Ī surge in voter interest from younger Republicans helped tilt the commonwealth in Youngkin’s favor, analysts said. And I think Glenn Youngkin demonstrated how a Republican can run in those places. “There are states out there that are competitive like Virginia. “There are tons of congressional districts around the country that look like Virginia,” said Quentin Kidd, a professor and director of the Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport University. It also sends a clear message to Democrats that voters expect them to deliver on their promises of passing monumental legislation and containing the Covid-19 pandemic and that it’s no longer enough to campaign against former President Donald Trump, Virginia political analysts told CNN. Youngkin’s inroads among these swing voters, seen in an analysis of CNN’s exit polls from 20, made him the first Republican to win in a statewide race in Virginia since 2009 and provides a playbook for other Republican candidates for the 2022 midterms. ![]() This was broadcast live from WKCR-FM on Sunday, Jfrom 9-10 PM ET.Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin notably improved the GOP’s standing with younger voters, moderates, independents and White women since the last gubernatorial election in 2017. She makes daily, resists always, and lives in Brooklyn NY. Lynne and her work have appeared at The Dumbo Arts Festival, Naropa University, Bowery Arts and Science, The NYC Poetry Festival, Eyebeam, LaMaMa, Undercurrent Projects, Mellow Pages, The New York Public Library, Launchpad BK, The Poetry Project, Industry City Distillery, Independent Curators International, Happy Lucky No. Recent or forthcoming publication credits include Drunken Boat/Anomaly, Wave Magazine, Entropy, The Brooklyn Poets Anthology, Gorgon Poetics, Live Mag!, and "In memory of feasible grace," a Panthalassa Pamphlet from Tea & Tattered Pages Press. She publishes zines and chapbooks under The Trouble With Bartleby, including the 2017 'Fighting Words' series. Lynne is the author of 'GROUND', 'blood atlas', and 'Overview Effect', co-author of 'A GUN SHOW' with Adam Sliwinski/Sō Percussion, and co-editor of the anthologies 'RESIST MUCH, OBEY LITTLE: Inaugural Poems for the Resistance', and 'In Corpore Sano: Creative Practice and the Challenged Body'. She is a visiting assistant professor at Pratt, the founder and Managing Editor of The Operating System, as well as Libraries Editor at Boog City. Lynne DeSilva-Johnson is a non binary artist and author working in performance, exhibition, and publication in conversation with new media. ![]()
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