The Game has Changed
6 min readNov 5, 2021
What McAuliffe’s loss tells us about the new Republican Party and the future of democracy in America
It was close, but as the saying goes, close only counts in horseshoes. The state of Virginia went from blue to red Tuesday when the race for Governor went to Republican Glenn Youngkin, leaving Democratic candidate, Terry McAuliffe, smarting from a defeat he didn’t, but should have, foreseen.
