It’s pretty clear now that Youngkin will receive more legitimate votes than his opponent. But that is insufficient for any Republican to win in 2021 when you factor in Democrat fraud. There is a groundswell for Youngkin. But will it be of sufficient size to overcome the fraud? That is the key question.
Also consider:
This race is as close as we will come to an early readout on the Biden agenda . . . . and in particular on all of his hoped-for spending. Timing is everything and the Virginia election is this coming Tuesday.
Biden had better win in Congress before then. Because if Youngkin wins in Virginia it’s gonna be much tougher for Biden to claim the sort of popular support for his excessive socialist spending that he is spouting now.
I got one of my friends, who probably wasn’t going to bother voting, to get his ass to the polls today (and most likely vote Youngkin), so I consider my civic duty accomplished.
I am really curious to see how close this election turns out.
Edit to add: I haven’t voted yet. Election Day is Nov 2 and my wife and I vote ON ELECTION DAY.
TDS spills over into Virginia race as Lincoln Project viciously attacks Youngkin
Lincoln Project members are a**holes to begin with, by definition. But this time their asinine antics have drawn criticism from all sides. McAuliffe forces were quick to jump in and condemn Youngkin personally before the Lincoln Project took “credit” for these shenanigans. Their (Lincoln Project’s) cry of outrage is triggered by Youngkin’s failure to condemn Trump, whom they passionately detest.
On Saturday morning I watch CNN. Reason is because they have Smerconish, seems to be the only half fair Commentator on the network.
This morning he had a poll running during the whole program. The Virginia Gov race. Of coarse they tied it to the Lincoln Project attack and the effects on the Virginia race.
I’ve lived my whole voting life in Virginia and today was the first time I’ve ever been excited to go to my polling place to vote. I am hoping that it is close enough that we won’t know the results tonight (never thought I’d say that). But with the polls the way they stand currently (and the lack of confidence in them), I honestly have no idea how this one is going to turn out. Even if my preferred candidates lose, I’ll still be somewhat excited with the results as long as it’s close.
I do hope that it’s not contested either way though. I’m really hoping we don’t hear too many stories about “irregularities.”
here’s one easy prediction: Republican Glenn Youngkin will easily win the ballots being cast on Election Day itself. Right-leaning voters tend to vote on the big day, while left-leaning voters have gravitated toward early and mail-in voting options – which the Democratic Party tends to emphasize more. As we’ve been saying, the core question about the final outcome tonight is whether Youngkin’s haul of freshly-processed ballots can catch up with and overtake the lead Democrat Terry McAuliffe has built and banked over the course of the last month-and-a-half (Virginia’s early voting started September 17, which is absurdly early, in my opinion). Can he pull this off? Will he pull this off?
I’m sitting here watching Youngkin’s lead shrink. With 74% of the vote counted he has 54%, a nice lead.
But that lead percentage was greater half an hour ago, and the AP has not called the race. I think plenty of McAuliffe votes remain to be counted, many of those from early voters.
Can Youngkin hang on? I dunno.
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Just 2% more of the vote now is in but Youngkin’s percentage all the way down to 53.6%. Very disturbing. This keeps up, Youngkin is gonna lose.
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77% of the vote in and Youngkin is all the way down to 53.1%
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Uh, oh. I just checked Fairfax County. Less than half the vote is in and McAuliffe is out polling Youngkin by better than two to one! There are tens of thousands of uncounted McAuliffe votes in Fairfax County.
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With 82% of the vote now counted, Youngkin’s lead is down to 52.9%.
Barring any irregularities, looks like Youngkin should pull it off. Even counting the major Democratic counties with not full reporting, I think that only comes to about half the lead.
