What Went Down During The 2021 Elections

Or maybe, to go back to Micah’s question, we need to be speaking more broadly about these issues. How much does discussion of CRT actually have to do with concerns about education policy, especially given Alex’s point that it’s not taught in most schools? And how much do views on school closures correlate with views on pandemic restrictions at large?

Ciattarelli is currently just barely ahead of Murphy, 49.92 percent to 49.29 percent, in the New Jersey governor’s race, but it looks like there’s still a lot of Democratic vote left to count from left-leaning counties like Essex, Union and Bergen. It seems likely that Murphy will pull ahead, but the margin will probably be in the single digits.