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🗓️ 3 November 2021

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In a major upset for Democrats Tuesday, Republican Glenn Youngkin eked out a victory in Virginia’s gubernatorial race. Today, we look at the results of that election, and others, to understand the nation one year after the divisive 2020 elections.

On Tuesday, Glenn Youngkin became the first Republican to be elected governor of Virginia since 2009. For Democrats, the race took on new national significance, with many seeing the results as a reflection of where the country stands nearly a year into Joe Biden’s presidency.

But it wasn’t just Virginians who went to the polls on Tuesday. New Jersey also held a gubernatorial election, and major cities like Boston and Minneapolis held mayoral elections. National politics reporter Sean Sullivan discusses the implications of Virginia’s elections for both Democrats and Republicans, and examines how other local elections give a snapshot into the division among Democrats when it comes to police reform.

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0:00.0	For the first time since 2009, our Republican won the race for governor in Virginia.
0:26.4	Glenn Youngkin won against former governor Terry McCollough, and for Democrats, this was a huge blow.
0:32.2	Together, we will change the trajectory of this Commonwealth.
0:37.4	And friends, we are going to start that transformation on day one.
0:55.2	Today, we look at the state of our politics one year after the 2020 election.
1:00.2	It's this moment of congressional gridlock, internal party divisions, and questions about the continued power of former president Trump.
1:09.0	And that all came into play on Tuesday, with everything from governors races in Virginia and New Jersey to mayoral elections in Boston and Minneapolis.
1:17.7	From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports. I'm Martin Powers. It's Wednesday, November 3rd.
1:29.4	Normally, these off-cycle elections don't attract that much attention, but this year, the results are taking on new meaning.
1:37.7	Could I just get your name and then just how you're feeling and if you're comfortable sharing who you're voting for, why you voted for them?
1:43.7	I mean, we dressed our son in red, white, and blue. We are excited to vote. We are hopeful that America can pull it together.
1:50.7	And so playing our part in this is exciting and speaking to all of our friends that we...
1:54.7	A head of election day, politics producer Arjun Singh went to Northern Virginia to hear from people in line at the polls.
2:01.7	Voters said that they were motivated by Trump.
2:04.7	Youngkin has been compared in a lot of ways to Trump, and having that analogy between the two is very powerful and very persuasive at least to me.
2:12.7	And I'm very concerned about the attachment to Trump and what that could mean.
2:20.7	These kinds of conversations with voters are partly what's worrying Democrats right now.
2:25.7	The party is looking out at this year's Republican victories and seeing difficulties for the midterm elections in 2022.
2:32.7	And the potential return of Trump in 2024.
2:36.7	What is it about the Republican candidate that worries you when it comes to democracy?
2:41.7	What's the affiliation with Trump?
2:43.7	What about you, sir?
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