Ralph Northam, Virginias nyvalgte guvernør. Foto: VCU CNS (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Ralph Northam (D) slo Ed Gillespie (R) med 9 prosentpoeng i Virginias guvernørvalg. Det er en stor seier for demokratene, som på årsdagen for Donald Trunps valgseier omsider kan begynne å tro på seg selv igjen.
Et utvalg refleksjoner via Twitter (der du følger oss på @AmPolitikk):
Ed Gillespie got more votes than any VA GOP nominee in the history of the commonwealth. D turnout was just bonkers
— (((Elliot))) (@ElliotE33) November 8, 2017
Seems like the anti-Trump coalition Dems expected in 2016 (real shift in c.e. whites + minority turnout surge) showed up a year late.
— Alex Roarty (@Alex_Roarty) November 8, 2017
Dems spent eight years unable to convince the base to show up in local elections.
They seem to have fixed that problem.
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) November 8, 2017
Northam won the biggest Dem victory in VA since 1985 and was interrupted by protesters because Democrats https://t.co/llMNzfNZyH
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) November 8, 2017
Whoa. Let's not lose sight of the youth vote here.
Dem margins in VA among 18-29 year olds:
McAuliffe +5
Clinton +18
Northam … +39 pic.twitter.com/CvnIQsaadh— Will Jordan (@williamjordann) November 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/gdebenedetti/status/928131282961403904
Under the radar: tonight Virginia elected a governor who's for a $15 min wage, decriminalizing pot, banning assault weapons, and free community college. Big progressive win tonight.
— Ian Sams (@IanSams) November 8, 2017
Remarkable: Northam outperformed Hillary even in Prince William Co, where she ran up 21-point margin v Trump.
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) November 8, 2017
Tom Davis, former GOP congressman in Virginia, on Gillespie's defeat: “Ed couldn’t escape being a proxy for Trump, which killed him.” #VAGov
— paul schwartzman (@paulschwartzman) November 8, 2017
Og hvordan takler Trump nederlaget?
Ed Gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me or what I stand for. Don’t forget, Republicans won 4 out of 4 House seats, and with the economy doing record numbers, we will continue to win, even bigger than before!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 8, 2017
Some Trumpists have created an unfalsifiable hypothesis about Trump: if someone loses, they didn't embrace Trump; if they win, credit Trump.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 8, 2017
Så…
Now, the question is what tonight does to '18 House GOP retirements/Dem recruitment (more the former, since latter is in late stages).
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 8, 2017
