>> I'LL COME BACK TO CHEDDAR IS
NEWS WRAP ELECTION NIGHT HAS
TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE FOR
DEMOCRATS IN VIRGINIA
REPUBLICAN GLENN YOUNGKIN
DEFEATING DEMOCRAT TERRY
MCAULIFFE IN THE GUBERNATORIAL
RACE ON TUESDAY YOUNGKIN
DECLARED VICTORY IN FRONT OF
SUPPORTERS EARLY THIS MORNING
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> I URGE IN YEAH WE WON THIS
THERE.
>> HOW MUCH FUN FIRST BALL.
FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU
ALL FOR WAITING WAITING A FEW
MINUTES LONGER THAN WE THOUGHT
TO BREAKFAST WILL BE SERVED
SHORTLY.
>> AND BREAKFAST WAS INDEED
SERVE YOUNG
TO YOUNG KEN'S WHEN ROLLS BACK
PROGRESSIVE GAINS IN THAT STATE
AS YOUNG KID BECOMES THE FIRST
REPUBLICAN TO WIN STATEWIDE
OFFICE THERE SINCE
2009. JOINING US NOW JACOB
RUBASHKIN REPORTER AND ANALYST
AT INSIDE ELECTIONS. JACOB
WELCOME TO
THE SHOW. WHY IS THE VIRGINIA
RACE SUCH A BELLWETHER FOR
DEMOCRATS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE
WE'RE ALL FOLLOWING THE STRAIT
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS.
>> TRADITIONALLY SPEAKING
HISTORICALLY
RACE IN VIRGINIA HAS ALWAYS
BROKEN AGAINST THE PARTY THAT
CONTROLS THE WHITE HOUSE.
IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY STATES
THAT HOLDS ITS SELECTION.
THE YEAR AFTER A PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION. AND IT'S ALWAYS THE
FIRST TEST OF HOW VOTERS ARE
FEELING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S
PARTY AND USUALLY AT THIS
MOMENT, THEY'RE NOT FEELING SO
GREAT AND NOW VIRGINIA HAS
BECOME A MUCH MORE DAMAGE
CRITICS STATE OVER THE LAST
COUPLE YEARS AND SO I INITIALLY
A LOT OF FOLKS WERE THINKING
THAT THIS WOULD BE A PRETTY
EASY. HOLD
FOR DEMOCRATS. SO THAT MEANS
THAT WHEN IT GOT CLOSE IT WAS
EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN
NORMAL. THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE A
REAL SHOT AT THIS BECAUSE IT
UNDERSCORED JUST HOW MUCH THAT
PRESIDENT DAYS
AND HOW THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S
BRAND HAS REALLY DIMINISHED
SINCE THEIR VICTORIES
LAST YEAR.
>> YET MANY POLITICAL ANALYSTS
ARE SAYING YOUNGKIN WHAT HE WAS
ABLE TO DO IS TURN A LOT OF
THOSE SUBURBANITES IN VIRGINIA
TO TO HIM TO A REPUBLICAN SIDE
EVEN THOUGH A LOT OF THEM
WEREN'T A FAN OF FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP. WHAT IS YOUR
ANALYSIS HERE HOW DID HE WIN
AND WHAT CAN REPUBLICANS LEARN
FROM THIS RACE.
>> I THINK YOUNGKIN DID A LOT
OF THINGS.
IN ORDER TO WIN I HE HAD TO DO
A LOT OF THINGS IN ORDER TO WIN
BECAUSE
VIRGINIA IS SUCH A DEMOCRATIC
STATE AT THIS POINT IN ITS
COMPOSITION
HE THREADED A LOT OF NEEDLES
AND KIND OF EVERYTHING BROKE
THE RIGHT WAY FOR HIM TO EKE
OUT WHAT WE SHOULD REMEMBER IS
FAIRLY NARROW WIN WILL
PROBABLY BE LESS THAN 2
PERCENTAGE POINTS. BUT A WIN IS
A WIN WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO
DO WAS INCREASE
HIS MARGIN AMONG THE RURAL
VOTERS WHO HAD ALREADY GONE
SO STRONGLY, TRUMP PEOPLE
DIDN'T THINK THAT THEY COULD GO
EVEN AS MORE STRONGLY FOR
PUBLIC BUT YOUNG CONTROL THAT
THEY COULD SO HE SQUEEZED OUT A
LOT OF VOTERS ARE FROM PLACES
THAT ALREADY ARE VERY
REPUBLICAN. BUT ARE NOW EVEN
MORE OR SO AND THEN WHAT HE DID
WAS HE WAS ABLE TO CLAW BACK
SOME OF THE SUBURBAN VOTERS.
IT PARTICULARLY IN NORTHERN
VIRGINIA AND
THE RICHMOND AREA THAT HAVE
VOTED FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN OVER
DONALD TRUMP IN THE LAST
ELECTION AND HE WAS ABLE TO DO
THAT BY PUTTING SOME DISTANCE
BETWEEN HIMSELF AND TRUMP AND
REALLY PRESENTING HIMSELF AS.
A MUCH MORE OF
NICE SUBURBAN DAD KIND OF GUY
I'M LIKE
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN IMAGE OF
DONALD
TRUMP IN STOP THE STEAL THAT A
LOT OF THESE NORTHERN VIRGINIA
VOTERS WERE THINKING ABOUT
LAST YEAR.
>> I ASKED ABOUT WHAT
REPUBLICANS CAN LEARN WHAT CAN
DEMOCRATS LEARNED FROM THIS
RACE CHECKUP.
>> WELL I IF DEMOCRATS DON'T
ALREADY KNOW BY NOW THEY ARE IN
A
BAD SPOT.
MOMENT AND THE BEST NEWS THAT
THEY CAN LEARN FROM MY THIS
ELECTION IS THAT THEY'VE GOT A
YEAR BEFORE THE NEXT BUT IF
THEY NEEDED CONFIRMATION THAT
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS REALLY A
DRAG ON AND THEIR CANDIDATES ON
THE BALLOT. THEY GOT IT LAST
NIGHT AND THE OTHER THING THE
BAY I SHOULD LEARN FROM THESE
RESULTS IS THAT IT'S NO LONGER
AND NOT JUST TO TIE EVERY
SINGLE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE TO
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
AS A WAY TO WIN ELECTIONS
THAT WORKED PRETTY WELL WHEN
TRUMP WAS PRESIDENT AND WAS A
CONSTANT PRESENCE IN EVERYONE'S
LIVES. BUT NOW THAT TRUMP IS
OUT OF OFFICE HE'S OFF SOCIAL
MEDIA IS NOT A HEADLINES
EVERY DAY. IT'S CLEAR THAT
TERRY MCAULIFFE STRATEGY TRYING
TO MAKE
GLENN YOUNGKIN UP HERE LIKE A
TRUMP CLONE JUST DIDN'T WORK
VOTERS DIDN'T BUY IT THEY
ACTUALLY LIKE GLENN YOUNGKIN
AND REALLY DIDN'T LIKE DONALD
TRUMP. SO DEMOCRATS NEED TO
COME UP WITH A NEW STRETCH.
THE FORWARD-LOOKING STRATEGY.
FOR HOW TO WIN ELECTIONS MORE
THAN RUNNING AGAINST
TRUMP AGAIN.
>> JACOB I HAVE LESS THAN A
MINUTE. BUT I DO WANT TO TALK
TO YOU ABOUT THE RACE FOR
GOVERNOR IN NEW JERSEY, MANY
PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING PHIL
MURPHY TO WALK AWAY WITH IT AN
EASY WIN HERE THAT DIDN'T
HAPPENED TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT
WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THIS RACE.
>> ABSOLUTELY THIS RACE IS
STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL I DO
BELIEVE THAT GOVERNOR MURPHY
WILL END UP WINNING BY A VERY
NARROW MARK AND GIVEN JUST
WHERE THE LEFTOVER VOTE THAT
HAS YET TO BE REPORTED, BUT I
THINK IN IN MORE WAYS THAN
VIRGINIA THIS RESULT
REALLY DEMONSTRATES HOW BADLY
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE SUFFERED
OVER THE LAST YEAR BECAUSE THIS
WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSE
RACE, VIRGINIA WAS GOING TO BE
CLOSE WE KNEW THAT NEW JERSEY
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO WIN BY A LOT
AND HE DIDN'T.