“He allowed himself, rightly or wrongly, to be defined as anti-parent. Stuff like that does not sell in heavily suburban Virginia.”
Well, McAuliffe had comfortable margins in northern Virginia, where Democrats usually do well. But his margins in N. Virginia were less than Democrats usually get. And that, combined with Youngkin getting huge margins in rural and Appalachian counties in Virginia, carried Youngkin to victory.
I saw a map of Virginia broken down by counties, and in some counties in southwestern Virginia, Youngkin was getting 85 to 90 percent of the vote. These are just incredible margins for him.
And remember, McAuliffe was supposedly a popular former governor, who supposedly was such a strong candidate because of being a popular former governor.
I’d like to know of ONE THING he’s accomplished while in office.
I don’t know why anyone would consider McAuliffe a “popular” former governor. The guy has been a well-known @sshole for years. If someone with his personality and character had run as a Republican, he’d barely get 35% of the vote.