Consolidated VA Elections Thread

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Anonymous wrote:Dems: “We are tolerant, kind people. So anyway, like I was saying..Republicans are gutter trash.”

I won’t vote to harm you. I won’t try to force you into a closet away from society. That doesn’t mean I have to like you or that I won’t call you out on your shitty behavior.

Voting for someone you don't like is not shitty behavior.

Why did you vote for that person? Still haven’t heard an explanation.

You won’t get one. You’re just looking for an excuse for more name calling, no matter how thoughtful the posters response would be. It’s not worth anyone’s time.

Not at all. I’m legit trying to understand. Because right now it looks like most people voted for Youngkin for misinformed, irrational reasons. Please prove me wrong.

DP. Right because calling all Youngkin voters irrational and misinformed isn’t name calling. Get over yourself, the sanctimonious look is partially what got Dems in trouble.

I’m talking about your reasons for voting, not you.

Would you describe your reasons for voting for Youngkin informed and rational?

Lol, your reasons are irrational and misinformed but you aren’t 🙄 You realize what BS that is right?

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I’m a VA parent who saw this all go down. Don’t try to rewrite history.

DC areas schools sent kids back to the classroom around the same time as many other schools in the country. We weren’t an outlier.

Private schools had many more resources available to help them open. Mandates for testing, masking, traveling, etc. Plus, smaller classes and tons more space.

True, we weren't an outlier compared to many of the other Dem states or even the other districts in this area, but VA is the one having a major election this year, and the R's jumped on the chance to take advantage of people's anger.

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And the rest of the world laughs at us again.

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Go ahead and keep alienating your neighbors by calling them uneducated gutter trash. That approach seems to be working.

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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. " “

Jesus, you’re quoting DCUM and can’t even get your dates right???

Sorry. Rushing to post before I had to jump on a call.

Feb 2021.

[Anonymous]

Loved Sears’s acceptance speech. Great message.

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Anonymous wrote:Go ahead and keep alienating your neighbors by calling them uneducated gutter trash. That approach seems to be working.

Seems like it turns you on.

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Anonymous wrote:Go ahead and keep alienating your neighbors by calling them uneducated gutter trash. That approach seems to be working.

Seems like it turns you on.

Say it slower.

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Anonymous wrote:Love the diversity of the Republican ticket. Looks like America.

Amen! +1000

I thought Republicans were opposed to identity politics. That it should be about the policies, not the skin color.

It is about the policies! And beliefs! And look how those appeal to such a diverse group. It’s awesome.

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So, so happy this morning, for the people of Virginia and all of us as Americans.

We are back.

Biden and Kamala are toast. That is the real story now.

And make no mistake about it: This was a Culture Wars win. This election was about CRT. Next up is the trans agenda in our public schools. Yes, we're coming for you too. Enough is Enough.

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Anonymous wrote:Loved Sears’s acceptance speech. Great message.

+1

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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.

+1 the “CRT” stuff wasn’t important to NoVa voters (it was just a bone for the R base in the rest of the state), but the closures and the perception that the curriculum was being “dumbed down” by the Democrats in the state DoE WAS important here. All it takes is a few percentage points of people who usually vote D switching to the other side.

And no, NoVa schools didn’t open at the same time as other schools. Anyone with functioning eyes and access to social media could have seen that. The closures killed Democrats and people took out their frustrations on the first election they could.

Yes, to this. I think it was much more bread-n-butter educational issues that motivated (or didn't motivate) NoVa voters. And Terry had to win big there. And now Democrats are going to respond to those concerns by calling everyone uneducated Karens, which wrong or right, is going to further drive the suburbs away. Ugh.

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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.

+1 the “CRT” stuff wasn’t important to NoVa voters (it was just a bone for the R base in the rest of the state), but the closures and the perception that the curriculum was being “dumbed down” by the Democrats in the state DoE WAS important here. All it takes is a few percentage points of people who usually vote D switching to the other side.

And no, NoVa schools didn’t open at the same time as other schools. Anyone with functioning eyes and access to social media could have seen that. The closures killed Democrats and people took out their frustrations on the first election they could.

You may want to check your perceptions.

Here are facts:

From: https://info.burbio.com

January 4, 2021
% US K-12 students attending "virtual-only" schools = 53.4% (from 50.8% last week)

February 1, 2021 - The week that APS sent kids in career/CTE back to classroom:
% US K-12 students attending "virtual-only" schools = 38.2% (from 42% last week)

March 1, 2021 - The week that APS sent SN and K-2 back to classroom:
% US K-12 students attending "virtual-only" schools = 27.5% (from 31.1% last week)

etc.

Our schools were NOT an outlier and started send kids back to the classroom around the same time as MANY other school systems.

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Anonymous wrote:Dems: “We are tolerant, kind people. So anyway, like I was saying..Republicans are gutter trash.”

I won’t vote to harm you. I won’t try to force you into a closet away from society. That doesn’t mean I have to like you or that I won’t call you out on your shitty behavior.

Voting for someone you don't like is not shitty behavior.

Why did you vote for that person? Still haven’t heard an explanation.

You won’t get one. You’re just looking for an excuse for more name calling, no matter how thoughtful the posters response would be. It’s not worth anyone’s time.

Not at all. I’m legit trying to understand. Because right now it looks like most people voted for Youngkin for misinformed, irrational reasons. Please prove me wrong.

DP. Right because calling all Youngkin voters irrational and misinformed isn’t name calling. Get over yourself, the sanctimonious look is partially what got Dems in trouble.

I’m talking about your reasons for voting, not you.

Would you describe your reasons for voting for Youngkin informed and rational?

DP. Of course pp will claim their reasons were informed and rational. They wont’t explain what those reasons were because they wouldn’t hold up to scrutiny, but they will claim the reasons were informed and rational.

You realize that plenty of people on this thread have given their reasons for supporting/voting for Youngkin, and because you don’t happen to agree with them you get on your high horse and claim that they are unintelligent, misinformed, or irrational. There are many moderates and independents that would like to move on from the Trump wars and are basing their decisions on the issues that are important to them, not whether or not a candidate passed the Trump litmus test.

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Anonymous wrote:So, so happy this morning, for the people of Virginia and all of us as Americans.

We are back.

Biden and Kamala are toast. That is the real story now.

And make no mistake about it: This was a Culture Wars win. This election was about CRT. Next up is the trans agenda in our public schools. Yes, we're coming for you too. Enough is Enough.

Well, at least one person is willing to say it out loud.