Consolidated VA Elections Thread

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like exit polls said a lot of white people flipped to Youngkin but other groups picked McAuliffe. Youngkin did an awesome job playing on the white victim card in a gentler way than Trump did.

I heard a lot of Latinos voted Youngkin. I don’t think it was just whites and the Ds need to reckon with that.

Asians too.

And Youngkin doubled the republican AA vote.

[Anonymous]

Virginia has its first Black, female lieutenant governor, a Republican.

Virginia has its first Latino attorney general, a Republican.

The Republican Party: The real party of diversity.

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IMO they shot themselves in the foot by closing school. What an impact they made on so many people day in and day out for a year. I certainly hope it is a case study for the future.

They made informed, reasonable decisions based on the info we had and resources available. You think we have staffing issues now? Imagine if you forced teachers in last fall before the vaccine and as numbers were skyrocketing.

Our schools (local, not state) didn’t just say F it and send kids back in.

Sorry that pisses you off so much that you had to vote for a Trump Republican.

I voted D like I always do but your attitude is exactly why the Rs won and I’ve been saying that.
I also remember that Northam allowed schools to open hybrid in August 2020 and Fairfax had some of the best corona numbers in the state - not the worst - such that we should have considered being more conservative than he allowed with school reopening. And I also didn’t forget that the Dept of Health approved of the hybrid plan as well.

So you’re pissed at FCPS?

I am just telling you where the people are so the Ds don’t miss the mark next time.

Most of the parents don't remember the nuance of what the governor approved vs. what happened. All they saw is that public schools weren't open for most of 2020-2021, while private schools did open full time.

I agree.

And they remember the condescending attitudes and general tone-deafness of the Democratic establishment when it came to discussions of school reopening. It’s pretty clear that Democratic leaders believe there’s no place for parents in discussions about schools in general.

Maybe Democrats will learn from this loss, but I doubt it.

Hard to hear any rational argument over all of the yelling and screaming.

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Anonymous wrote:I think DCUM really helped Youngkin, mostly with the VMPI fiasco and then also the LCPS and FCPS issues.

Perfect example of Republican fearmongering.

They were never going to “ban advanced math”.

You can say that all you want. We were paying attention and we know what the goal was.

I was also paying attention. You were speculating.

I think it was the idea but people got angry and stopped it before it got too far.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Virginia you failed you destroyed Democracy God help women we are hosed this is not about abortion.

And now you have an unchecked Gov who lied to you CRT banning lol what’s to ban? it’s not taught in schools you idiots

Now You elected King Youngkin he will never leave elections are never going to happen again in VA mark my words people you just gave the US to China.

God help us all. Better start saving your monies Virginia your taxes just increased 100 percent .

Ok, Chicken Little.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like exit polls said a lot of white people flipped to Youngkin but other groups picked McAuliffe. Youngkin did an awesome job playing on the white victim card in a gentler way than Trump did.

I heard a lot of Latinos voted Youngkin. I don’t think it was just whites and the Ds need to reckon with that.

Asians too.

And Youngkin doubled the republican AA vote.

Did you even click the link — sorry, I don’t know how to post the screenshot. Every group, including Asians and Hispanics, voted for McAuliffe. White people voted for Youngkin by a lot.

https://mobile.twitter.com/morganicink/status/1455734674639126528?s=10

[Anonymous]

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IMO they shot themselves in the foot by closing school. What an impact they made on so many people day in and day out for a year. I certainly hope it is a case study for the future.

They made informed, reasonable decisions based on the info we had and resources available. You think we have staffing issues now? Imagine if you forced teachers in last fall before the vaccine and as numbers were skyrocketing.

Our schools (local, not state) didn’t just say F it and send kids back in.

Sorry that pisses you off so much that you had to vote for a Trump Republican.

I voted D like I always do but your attitude is exactly why the Rs won and I’ve been saying that.
I also remember that Northam allowed schools to open hybrid in August 2020 and Fairfax had some of the best corona numbers in the state - not the worst - such that we should have considered being more conservative than he allowed with school reopening. And I also didn’t forget that the Dept of Health approved of the hybrid plan as well.

So you’re pissed at FCPS?

I am just telling you where the people are so the Ds don’t miss the mark next time.

Most of the parents don't remember the nuance of what the governor approved vs. what happened. All they saw is that public schools weren't open for most of 2020-2021, while private schools did open full time.

I agree.

Agree too (Dem voter). This wasn’t the only issue, but one of the big ones. I fear my party is getting a set of alternative facts (like all the PPs set on arguing that Nova schools were opening just as early as the rest of the country??) Voting Youngkin may have been a stupid way to “punish” school boards, but it still was a strong motivation IMHO.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think DCUM really helped Youngkin, mostly with the VMPI fiasco and then also the LCPS and FCPS issues.

Perfect example of Republican fearmongering.

They were never going to “ban advanced math”.

You can say that all you want. We were paying attention and we know what the goal was.

Yeah, we read it on Facebook.

Only because no one else was covering.

It was all fearmongering.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like exit polls said a lot of white people flipped to Youngkin but other groups picked McAuliffe. Youngkin did an awesome job playing on the white victim card in a gentler way than Trump did.

I heard a lot of Latinos voted Youngkin. I don’t think it was just whites and the Ds need to reckon with that.

Asians too.

And Youngkin doubled the republican AA vote.

Did you even click the link — sorry, I don’t know how to post the screenshot. Every group, including Asians and Hispanics, voted for McAuliffe. White people voted for Youngkin by a lot.

https://mobile.twitter.com/morganicink/status/1455734674639126528?s=10

White people literally voted for Youngkin in the same percentage that Asians and Hispanics voted Youngkin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like exit polls said a lot of white people flipped to Youngkin but other groups picked McAuliffe. Youngkin did an awesome job playing on the white victim card in a gentler way than Trump did.

I heard a lot of Latinos voted Youngkin. I don’t think it was just whites and the Ds need to reckon with that.

https://mobile.twitter.com/morganicink/status/1455734674639126528?s=10

Have you ever watch Spanish TV? It’s full of false ads about socialism, so yes… Latinx will vote a Republican. That’s not new.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think DCUM really helped Youngkin, mostly with the VMPI fiasco and then also the LCPS and FCPS issues.

Perfect example of Republican fearmongering.

They were never going to “ban advanced math”.

You can say that all you want. We were paying attention and we know what the goal was.

Yeah, we read it on Facebook.

Only because no one else was covering.

It was all fearmongering.

I don’t think it was.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like exit polls said a lot of white people flipped to Youngkin but other groups picked McAuliffe. Youngkin did an awesome job playing on the white victim card in a gentler way than Trump did.

I heard a lot of Latinos voted Youngkin. I don’t think it was just whites and the Ds need to reckon with that.

Asians too.

And Youngkin doubled the republican AA vote.

Did you even click the link — sorry, I don’t know how to post the screenshot. Every group, including Asians and Hispanics, voted for McAuliffe. White people voted for Youngkin by a lot.

https://mobile.twitter.com/morganicink/status/1455734674639126528?s=10

White people literally voted for Youngkin in the same percentage that Asians and Hispanics voted Youngkin.

Sorry I meant to say white people voted for McAuliffe in the same percentage as Asians and Hispanics voted Youngkin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like exit polls said a lot of white people flipped to Youngkin but other groups picked McAuliffe. Youngkin did an awesome job playing on the white victim card in a gentler way than Trump did.

I heard a lot of Latinos voted Youngkin. I don’t think it was just whites and the Ds need to reckon with that.

Asians too.

And Youngkin doubled the republican AA vote.

Shhh, you aren't supposed to point these things out because it does not fit the narrative. Only white uneducated racists vote R, don't you know?

[Anonymous]

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IMO they shot themselves in the foot by closing school. What an impact they made on so many people day in and day out for a year. I certainly hope it is a case study for the future.

They made informed, reasonable decisions based on the info we had and resources available. You think we have staffing issues now? Imagine if you forced teachers in last fall before the vaccine and as numbers were skyrocketing.

Our schools (local, not state) didn’t just say F it and send kids back in.

Sorry that pisses you off so much that you had to vote for a Trump Republican.

I voted D like I always do but your attitude is exactly why the Rs won and I’ve been saying that.
I also remember that Northam allowed schools to open hybrid in August 2020 and Fairfax had some of the best corona numbers in the state - not the worst - such that we should have considered being more conservative than he allowed with school reopening. And I also didn’t forget that the Dept of Health approved of the hybrid plan as well.

So you’re pissed at FCPS?

I am just telling you where the people are so the Ds don’t miss the mark next time.

Most of the parents don't remember the nuance of what the governor approved vs. what happened. All they saw is that public schools weren't open for most of 2020-2021, while private schools did open full time.

I agree.

Agree too (Dem voter). This wasn’t the only issue, but one of the big ones. I fear my party is getting a set of alternative facts (like all the PPs set on arguing that Nova schools were opening just as early as the rest of the country??) Voting Youngkin may have been a stupid way to “punish” school boards, but it still was a strong motivation IMHO.

Here you go. Facts.

Post about this from Feb 2020:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/105/951009.page
“Actually, based on the Burbio methodology, this says that *at most* ~40% of US student are in-person right now. Obviously, it's less than that since 100% of families are not choosing in-person.

https://about.burbio.com/methodology/
"• Burbio assigns a learning mode to a school district based on the most in-person option available to the general student population. Thus if a district offers both traditional and virtual options, the district is categorized as Traditional. " “

[Anonymous]

Terry really screwed the pooch on this one.