This worked very well for Glenn Youngkin and the Republican right wing in Virginia in 2021, with COVID and responses to it very top of mind. Let's see how the current Virginia Republican nominee's attempt to run on those 2021 issues goes this fall. Early voting starts 9/19. We'll find out soon.
the swing in VA was less than the swing in New Jersey; comparing the Governor results to the Presidential results of 12 months prior VA didn't have an incumbent with an infinite money advantage - as Murphy did in NJ - either
national Republican groups weren't even trying to win NJ bc they assumed Murphy was ahead by so much; imagine the swing in NJ if they had been trying, as they did in VA