Wake Up, Democrats – by Seth Moskowitz – Persuasion
Republican Glenn Youngkin has defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the election for the governorship of Virginia. No doubt Democrats nationwide are waking up asking what went wrong in a state that should have been safe territory for them. Until this year, no Republican had won a statewide election in Virginia for 12 years. In last year s hard-fought presidential election, Joe Biden won the state by 10 percentage points. McAuliffe s defeat is a sign that something is going very wrong for the Democratic Party.