Nov. 2, 2021: Youngkins crowds dwarf McAuliffes on election eve
Terry McAuliffe\u2019s final message was almost entirely negative, focused on tying his opponent to Trump. Glenn Youngkin\u2019s pitch was more complicated. He spent far more time advocating for job training programs, fixing the Virginia DMV, eliminating the state\u2019s grocery tax and admiringly name-checking George W. Bush than he did talking about how he would ban critical race theory (a topic he\u2019s leaned on plenty during the campaign to activate the MAGA base, despite the fact it\u2019s not being taught in schools). Youngkin didn\u2019t talk about Trump. (He didn\u2019t have to.)