To a certain extent, Trump allows YangKin to play freely, for example, he can openly refuse Trump to join the campaign rally scene and refuse to answer questions such as whether he is loyal to Trump.
The 2022 US midterm elections have begun, and the name Glenn Youngkin may be forgotten in future elections, but today he is the protagonist.
On November 3, Beijing time, the Associated Press and other US media concluded based on the results of the existing voting that Yangkin has won the dispute over the Virginia governor who was "outpost" in this midterm election, and pulled the first place for the Republican Party.
And because of the results of the same 4-yearly midterm elections, it is related to the "platooning" of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party in the Senate and the House of Representatives, states, counties and other places, and this time Biden's Democratic Party is equivalent to losing a city in the "weather vane" of the 2024 presidential election, and the scene is passive.
At this time, the US media exposed that unlike the Democratic candidates who still hold high the banner of "anti-Trump", Yang Jin and other Republicans have a variety of tactics. Trump, who has retreated behind the scenes, has been exposed to constantly maintain communication with frontline candidates, give each other freedom, and "retract freely" in campaign strategy.
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The Associated Press, The New York Times and other media reported on November 3 that in the case of more than 95% of the current votes, Republican candidate Yankin has defeated Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe (48.3%) with a 51% vote advantage to win the position of governor of Virginia. This election is also the first battle in this round of state-level midterm elections, and it is one of the most concerned elections in the non-election year.
The reason is that the final result of the midterm elections is directly related to how the next elected US president encounters legislative and local administrative obstacles or help when he is elected. The current Biden administration, under the good circumstance that the Democratic Party controls the majority of seats in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, has performed badly on many issues such as fighting the epidemic, Afghanistan, reviving the economy, and supply chains, and the contradictions within the party have intensified, and it has missed the golden window of governance. For Democrats, holding on to a congressional majority is critical.
Unfortunately, judging from the political history of recent US elections, almost all the parties in which the president of the United States are elected perform badly in the midterm elections and will lose a number of seats. The situation is particularly daunting for Biden this year: Democrats currently have an advantage in the House and Senate, with only 5 and 1 seat, respectively.
On October 26, 2021, McAuliffe attended the campaign event, and Biden stood for him @ People's Vision
Moreover, virginia has favored Democratic candidates in presidential elections every time since 2008. In the 2020 election, Biden beat Trump by 10% here. Now that the election situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse, the Associated Press believes that if the Virginia election is magnified to the whole country, the Democratic Party will lose more seats, so that the majority seats will be handed over to the Republican Party, which is an "ominous omen." CNN political commentator Wan Jones called out to Democrats directly: "This is a big wake-up call, I think everyone thinks Virginia is already in the bag." 」 ”
Many Democrats have also sensed that something is wrong, especially the trend of "nationalization of local elections."
Senator Mark Warner, a current Democrat in Virginia, for example, bluntly said in an interview with ABC News, "Unfortunately, these [local] elections have now become so national." He also lamented that if Biden's signature infrastructure bill could pass in September, it might be the Democrats who won this time. The reality is that not only did the infrastructure bill not take shape in September, but it failed to pass the House in November as Biden's gap with progressive Democrats deepened.
Putting aside the contradictions within the party, the Washington Post believes that the Republican Party counterattacked the Democrats in Virginia this time by tactics.
On November 1, 2021, Yankin held a campaign campaign @ Chen Mengtong (US branch) / China News Agency
The Campaign strategy of the Democratic candidate, McAuliffe, is all centered around "Trump." The words and deeds of his opponent, Jankin, are in his view tools used to attack Trump. According to people familiar with the matter, the Republican Party's strategy is "easy to retract." Trump constantly communicated with Yankin by phone, allowing Yankin to play freely within a certain range. For example, Yankin could publicly refuse Trump's participation in his campaign rally and refuse to answer questions about whether he is loyal to Trump.
With this degree of freedom, Jankin could talk about fiscal reform and investment in education in the elite-dominated Northern Virginia. At the same time, the Trump team has stabilized the basic disk of the core voters for Yangkin through emails and other means. "For the midterm elections, I think in every state, you can see trump going to adopt a different strategy." Former Trump campaign adviser Mercedes Schalep said.
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