“Virginia is a huge part of that. It kind of shows you where the Democratic message is versus where the Republican message is,” he said.
Democrats have touted their candidates this cycle, including former prosecutor Russett Perry in the 31st state Senate District, Air Force veteran Michael Feggans in House District 97 and Maine Corps Veteran Josh Thomas in House District 21.
“In the competitive races, the Democrats have put up good candidates, some excellent candidates actually,” said Bob Holsworth, a veteran Virginia political analyst.
Excellent, and they need to be seeking full control everywhere in the US. Every republican still in office needs to be removed from their seat. Vote against republicans. Your freedom depends on it.
As a VA lifer – I’m not confident that this is going blue. It’s an off year and energy seems very low politically in the state. Youngkin surprisingly has a large approval rating and many folks don’t realize the threat to abortion rights.
Mainly people liked Youngkin because he didn’t mandate masks for schools and are too far removed from politics to realize his more extreme stances.
I hope they do. It’s hard to say why but as a resident in Virginia it doesn’t feel like the energy is there
Kind of makes me wonder whether the importance of reproductive rights is fading in voters’ minds.
Because the stakes of this election for abortion access in the south are massive. Seems like you’d expect that to drive blue turnout.
Don’t wait until then. Tuesdays election they need to flip back the house and expand the Senate majority so youngkin can’t do shit. Otherwise if the republicans flip the Senate, they’ll end up like north Carolina with Republicans gerrymandering and rigging the state under permanent republican control
I read through the article, and the comments here, and I’m not sure people fully grasp why the Virginia elections really matter.
First, they’re in two days, so quite a bit more urgent than the latest Trump news.
As to what’s at stake, it’s so much more than ‘the party’s position going into 2024.’ **These races will decide if a state of 8.6 million people get abortion rights or not.**
Republicans control the State House 52-48. Democrats have a 22-18 majority in the State Senate. The Governor is a Republican. And that Governor has come right out and said he wants to ban abortion if Republicans gain control of both the House and the Senate.
Virginia is the last Southern state without a ban, and as a result they provide healthcare to tons of other women from the South, in addition to their own population. And in just **two days**, we’ll find out if that remains true, or if we’ll see the stories of mothers bleeding out in hospital parking lots spread to another state.
So the stakes are a hell of a lot higher than ‘a bellwether for 2024’. It’s more a bellwether for whether people get healthcare or not.
And there’s still time to help win!
If you live in Virginia, show up on Tuesday and vote! And wherever you live, you can help pro-choice candidates win. r/VoteDEM has everything you need to make phone calls, send text messages, or knock doors (if you’re in or near Virginia). Too many voters don’t know the stakes, and they need someone to talk to them.
Never mind the 2024 noise. These races decide whether we get our rights – right now.
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“Virginia is a huge part of that. It kind of shows you where the Democratic message is versus where the Republican message is,” he said.
Democrats have touted their candidates this cycle, including former prosecutor Russett Perry in the 31st state Senate District, Air Force veteran Michael Feggans in House District 97 and Maine Corps Veteran Josh Thomas in House District 21.
“In the competitive races, the Democrats have put up good candidates, some excellent candidates actually,” said Bob Holsworth, a veteran Virginia political analyst.
Excellent, and they need to be seeking full control everywhere in the US. Every republican still in office needs to be removed from their seat. Vote against republicans. Your freedom depends on it.
As a VA lifer – I’m not confident that this is going blue. It’s an off year and energy seems very low politically in the state. Youngkin surprisingly has a large approval rating and many folks don’t realize the threat to abortion rights.
Mainly people liked Youngkin because he didn’t mandate masks for schools and are too far removed from politics to realize his more extreme stances.
I hope they do. It’s hard to say why but as a resident in Virginia it doesn’t feel like the energy is there
Wait, were they not before?
Dear Virginians
https://vote.gov/
Get out and vote if you haven’t my fellow Virginians! If you haven’t already that is.
11/7/2023
Polling place look-up:
https://www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ballot/polling-place-lookup/
The early vote doesn’t look reassuring for Dems.
Kind of makes me wonder whether the importance of reproductive rights is fading in voters’ minds.
Because the stakes of this election for abortion access in the south are massive. Seems like you’d expect that to drive blue turnout.
Don’t wait until then. Tuesdays election they need to flip back the house and expand the Senate majority so youngkin can’t do shit. Otherwise if the republicans flip the Senate, they’ll end up like north Carolina with Republicans gerrymandering and rigging the state under permanent republican control
I read through the article, and the comments here, and I’m not sure people fully grasp why the Virginia elections really matter.
First, they’re in two days, so quite a bit more urgent than the latest Trump news.
As to what’s at stake, it’s so much more than ‘the party’s position going into 2024.’ **These races will decide if a state of 8.6 million people get abortion rights or not.**
Republicans control the State House 52-48. Democrats have a 22-18 majority in the State Senate. The Governor is a Republican. And that Governor has come right out and said he wants to ban abortion if Republicans gain control of both the House and the Senate.
His official position is a 15-week ban, but you’d be a fool to believe that. Ron DeSantis said the same thing in Florida, then [turned around and forced through a six-week ban](https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/04/14/florida-passes-extreme-6-week-abortion-ban). And Virginia Republican candidates in swing districts have been [caught admitting that what they really want is a 100% abortion ban](https://vahousedems.org/2023/08/10/icymi-va-gop-candidate-john-stirrup-admits-to-support-for-total-abortion-ban-in-new-audio/).
Virginia is the last Southern state without a ban, and as a result they provide healthcare to tons of other women from the South, in addition to their own population. And in just **two days**, we’ll find out if that remains true, or if we’ll see the stories of mothers bleeding out in hospital parking lots spread to another state.
So the stakes are a hell of a lot higher than ‘a bellwether for 2024’. It’s more a bellwether for whether people get healthcare or not.
And there’s still time to help win!
If you live in Virginia, show up on Tuesday and vote! And wherever you live, you can help pro-choice candidates win. r/VoteDEM has everything you need to make phone calls, send text messages, or knock doors (if you’re in or near Virginia). Too many voters don’t know the stakes, and they need someone to talk to them.
Never mind the 2024 noise. These races decide whether we get our rights – right now.
Fingers crossed