November 3, 2021
Republicans made incredible gains in yesterday’s elections
By
Andrea Widburg
I’m writing this around 4 AM Eastern on Tuesday, which means that, by the time you read this, there may have been stunning new gains or unpleasant, surprising losses. What’s clear, though, is that we’re not witnessing a repeat of November 2020. Instead, Republicans seem to be beating back Democrats, and leftist ideas, in myriad elections. I’ll have a few points to make about that unusual achievement but first a handful of facts.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin has
an unbeatable lead in Virginia.
Winsome Sears became Virginia’s first Black and female Lieutenant Governor. Normally, I wouldn’t care about a candidate’s race or sex but it matters this time because she is a Republican. It’s a huge slap in the face to those who insist that Republicans are White Supremacists. Sears is also a former Marine which just makes it all better.
Jason Miyares became Virginia’s first Hispanic Attorney General. He’s a Republican (of course).
As of now, it also appears that the Republican victories in Virginia might not stop there. Seemingly, Republicans are
poised to win the House of Delegates.
Meanwhile, in New Jersey, Jack Ciattarelli is
has a microscopic lead in the gubernatorial race against the incumbent Phil Murphy (one of America’s most deadly governors in 2020 when it came to shipping infected COVID patients to eldercare communities).
In Minneapolis, sanity prevailed and voters
rejected an initiative that would have deleted the entire police force.
In Buffalo, New York, we get
this gleeful little bit of news from Paul Mirengoff: “In Buffalo, New York, the socialist crackpot who defeated the incumbent mayor in the Dem primary is losing to the same guy, running as a write-in candidate, in the general election.”
There’s more news, but it’s changing rapidly and I want to get to my profound points. The first point comes courtesy of screen grabs showing
New Jersey and
Virginia shortly after 4 AM:
Geographically, neither state is a “blue” state. Virginia is mostly a “red” state. New Jersey, although not quite as red, is still geographically more red than it is blue. This echoes the election maps from 2016 showing that, geographically, America is a conservative country with blue spots wherever there’s a big city.
The problem in election after election is that the city dwellers are more likely to vote. (Or at least, corrupt Democrat operatives are more likely to vote on behalf of city dwellers.) Outside of the cities, people are busy with life and can’t be bothered—or they don’t care that much because they are usually less affected by government initiatives.