It isn’t rural whites who handed the governorship to the GOP in a deep purple state, dude.JohnStOnge wrote:On the Virginia Governor election: Once again, the Republican was the candidate of relatively uneducated White people.
When I was on my work computer today...during an authorized break of course...I looked up exit polling at https://www.washingtonpost.com/election ... -governor/. There is a pay wall so I can't access it now on my personal computer. But I took some screen images.
Terry McAuliffe did about as well among voters with college degrees in general as well as among White voters with college degrees as Biden did. He won among voters with college degrees by 58% to 41%. Biden beat Trump among such voters by 57% to 40%. He won among White voters with college degrees by 53% to 47%. Biden beat Trump among such voters by 52% to 45%.
So, if we were only talking about highly educated voters, we'd have gotten about the same result.
But, while Biden actually beat Trump among voters without college degrees by 53% to 46%, McAuffie lost among that group by 60% to 40%. And he lost by worse among White voters without college degrees. Biden did lose among White voters without college degrees by 62% to 38%. But McAuliffe lost among that group by 76% to 24%.
So, you can see where the movement was. It wasn't among highly educated voters.
My opinion is that it was a matter of relatively ignorant White people buying dog whistle stuff. Like the idea that Youngkin is going to be better for education in Virginia is absolutely ridiculous. The idea that Youngkin is even qualified for the job is absolutely ridiculous. Highly educated people are more likely to understand such things.
It is moderates and swing voters who swung for Biden in 2020 who tilted to Youngkin this time around.
The rural white voters vote the same way every year and usually Va stays blue. So your screed is off base. Youngkin is a hell of a lot closer to being a Reagan Republican than a MAGA Republican but your whining about him winning is further evidence that Trump broke something in your head.
BTW Youngkin peeled off a significant slice of Hispanic voters as well as some of the black vote. The bottom line is that most people in this country tire of the aimless spending and woke absurdities as they do a Tweet farting President.
America is largely moderate and that is who decides swing elections, like they did in Va.
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