What Went Down During The 2021 Elections

Glenn Youngkin takes the stage in Chantilly, Virginia, calling it a “defining moment” and sharing a positive message — a stark difference from campaign rhetoric that warned of the threats children and parents face in schools. He said his vision for education included promoting school choice, specifically charter schools and alluding to vouchers, refining a message that, as we discussed earlier in this blog, had previously been more about culture wars than the nuts and bolts of education.

This thread was illuminating, in my very humble opinion.

It’s still fascinating to me that exit polls so far show that Youngkin was able to successfully about to win groups that traditionally support the GOP (e.g. white voters, older voters and Trump supporters) while also making inroads among some groups that tend to lean Democratic, like women.

Based on analysis of the vote, ABC News projects that the Republican Winsome Sears will win the Virginia lieutenant governorship. As I mentioned earlier, her win is notable, in part, because she makes history as the first Black woman and woman of color to serve in the post.