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In reply to the discussion: Dear Moderates: The Left Isn't Why McAuliffe Lost Virginia [View all]onenote
(42,702 posts)That was the turnout percentage in Fairfax County for election day voting with three hours to go. It didn't include the massive early voting turnout. In fact, turnout in Fairfax County was over 59% for the 2021 election, compared to 55% for the 2017 election. But the suburban vote shifted slightly because unlike several of the previous elections, the Republicans figured out that they can't win when the nominate a darling of the far right like Corey Stewart or Ken Cuccinelli who wants to campaign on confederate statues. They won because Youngkin ran a campaign that focused on local issues, like education and taxes, and McAuliffe ran away from the progress the state has made under Democratic control in the past few years. When your the candidate of the party that holds the statehouse and both house of the legislature and you never once mention that fact, you're in trouble.