So I haven't posted since before the election happened, when it looked like the election was a foregone conclusion in McAuliffe's favor. It was quite something to see education, critical race theory and trans incident coverups in schools take precedent in the election. Youngkin must have been doing something right to both hold on to Trumpist Republicans while also appealing to Virginia Republicans who don't care for Trump (myself included). And of course, McAuliffe's moment in the debate where he straight up said that parents shouldn't have a say in what their kids get taught should go down in history as one of the great campaign blunders.
So far, I've been pretty happy with the policies Youngkin has been pushing. And just as a person I appreciate that Youngkin is unashamedly Christian, in the traditional, Biblical sense, like this tweet shows. Gives me a little hope that Virginia won't be so quick to slide into a progressive leftist dystopia.
Hard to say. Spanberger has a reputation of being a moderate Democrat. If there is a "red wave" coming, either she's well suited to weather the storm if she can disassociate herself from extreme elements of her party, or she's particularly vulnerable to rising anti-Democrat sentiment in her district if she can't.