Why A Virginia-Style Reckoning Is Likely Awaiting Your State’s Democrats Today

Virginia voters turned the commonwealth stop-sign red in 2021, putting a halt to Democrat rule in an upset election that saw Republicans sweep state-wide offices and regain control of the House of Delegates.

With the country in an even more dire condition now, and with many of the same on-the-ground concerns that caused voters to revolt in Virginia still enraging Americans, Democrats in other states might face the same shock by day’s end.

Soon after the upset victories scored last year in Virginia by Republicans Glenn Youngkin, Winsome Sears, and Jason Miyares, who defeated their Democrat opponents in the races for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general, respectively, the political post-mortem began. Pundits blamed both macro and micro issues for the devastating defeat Democrats suffered.