Youngkin won because VA Republicans bought in to a simple stereotype...and so are folks here. [View all]

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CRT was never a thing, but it became an issue because Youngkin sold a simple message: Democratic politicians are "woke" intellectuals who know better than you do what your kids should be taught.

Unfortunately, that simplistic worldview isn't limited to the Right. Plenty of folks here accept the notion that all Republican politicians are Trumpists, and all Republican voters are racists. Where you do that, you blur your ability to understand both your opponents and the people who will ultimately decide who gets elected.

The VA vote swung 12 points between Biden in 20 and Youngkin in 21. That isn't solely because the Democratic base stayed home. Republicans and Moderates who voted for Biden shifted gears and voted for Youngkin. Did they become racist since January? Or is there a more complex thought process involved?