Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic nominee this cycle, hopes to successfully nationalize the contest, which is why he has spent so much time painting Republican nominee Glenn Youngkin as an ally of the 2020 Republican presidential nominee, the always controversial Donald Trump.
But doing so hasn’t been easy, since Youngkin started as a blank slate. He doesn’t have a record to attack, comes from the business community and lives in voter-rich Northern Virginia — an area that is crucial to McAuliffe.
Youngkin needs to benefit from strong Republican turnout, some of which comes from the grassroots’ loyalty to Trump. But Youngkin doesn’t want to be defined by the former president in parts of the state — like Northern Virginia and the Richmond suburbs — where Trump is a pariah. So he’s trying to fudge things when he can.
McAuliffe has had problems energizing Democrats, which is why he has major national party figures such as former President Barack Obama, first lady Jill Biden, and former Georgia gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams coming into the state to give his candidacy a boost and to make the argument to suburban and Black voters in the commonwealth that Youngkin is merely a smooth-talking stand-in for Trump.
Polls show the contest is very competitive, and everyone seems to agree that turnout will decide the outcome.
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