Republican Glenn Youngkin was able to capitalize on Democrats alienating working class voters
Though Virginia has historically voted Republican, it turned blue during the 2008 presidential election and has largely stayed that way since. McAuliffe exemplifies this, as he was Virignia’s governor from 2014 to 2018 — but Virginia does not allow for consecutive terms, so he was forced to leave his office and run for a second term this year.
The Democrats have historically fashioned themselves as champions of the working class. In practice, though, the party has drifted away from blue collar workers and is In this way, they claim to act on behalf of the disadvantaged, and the working class especially, while simultaneously condescending to those outside their cloistered circles. Naturally, that has angered many working class voters, who feel as though they are being patronized and ignored. As a result, many of these voters have fled to the Republicans.
The loss of working class support was shrugged away because most defectors were white — and for many college educated liberals, this was a point of pride. Why reckon with your own elitism when you can feel good about antagonizing communities you consider irredeemably bigoted?Article content
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