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Originally Posted by nfotiu
I think you have a valid point somewhere in there, but the overpasses are a terrible example. There are a lot of instances of overpass and freeway construction having real, dramatic effects on inner city neighborhoods.
I watched the VA governor race pretty closely, and there were a lot of reasons Youngkin won. It's never just an easy answer in close races. I'd rank them like this:
1.Youngkin was the first non-crazy GOP nominee for a statewide race in a long time.
2. General downturn of Democrat party popularity in general (Afghanistan was a big hit, infighting on big federal bills hurt).
3. A bunch of public school controversies in NOVA and a foot in the mouth comment by Mcauliffe.
4. Vaccine mandates and other COVID restrictions. Although our current Democrat governor handled COVID pretty well, the restrictions were a loser politically. No pro-vax Replubican is going to vote D for how they handled it, but a good chunk of very liberal anti-vaxxers went to the freedom candidate.
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All worthwhile additions to the conversation. Matt Taibbi reporting on the Virginia school issue is really good.
Even so, transportation secretaries that are approaching their job by trying to turn infrastructure into another divisive racial issue by calling highways racist is not someone that ought to be taken seriously.