Sadly for the good people of VA, they were overwhelmed by changing demographics and years of government trough-feeders who have moved in and shifted the VA left. I wonder did voters look at Californians sitting in the dark with no electricity; paying the highest taxes and gas prices in America; surrounded by homeless people, illegal immigrant gang members, needles, feces and typhus; and say, “I want my state to be run like THAT!”? Were they really impressed by all the great things the Dems have done for America since taking power in the House last Jan.? Or do they just have a death wish?
One has to love the foolishness of trying to read too many national trends into local elections. Bevin’s problem wasn’t that KY voters are turning on Trump and Reps. He was battling a number of headwinds. The “protest vote” Libertarian candidate got 2% of the vote, which would have been far more than needed to defeat the Democrat. The Reps easily swept the down-ballot races, including electing Daniel Cameron as Kentucky’s first-ever black Attorney General. As for Trump harming Bevin, some polls showed him losing by double digits before Trump staged a rally to help him.
Meanwhile, in Mississippi, where the media had described the Governor’s race as a “nail-biter,” Republican Tate Reeves won by about 53-47%, following a big rally and endorsement by Trump.
If you’re looking for a more telling indicator of how Americans are thinking for 2020, look at places where the kind of far-left ideas promoted by the Democratic Presidential candidates were actually on the ballot! Ouch…not too good for Democrats!
