WATCH: Non-Republican Suburban Moms Reveal Why They Voted For Youngkin Over McAuliffe
A group of non-Republican suburban moms told CNN during a segment that aired on Saturday night why they voted for Republican Glenn Youngkin instead of Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe in last week’s elections in Virginia.
The segment comes after Republicans won all the statewide elections in the state — governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general, and reclaimed control of the House of Delegates.
PAMELA BROWN, CNN HOST: Well, they were a key to Donald Trump’s victory and four years later his defeat, suburban white women who send another message this past week in Virginia helping to elect a Republican governor. Glenn Youngkin won 53 percent of suburban voters to Terry McAuliffe’s 47 percent.
That number is flipped from November 2020 when Biden carried suburban voters in the state by eight points. I sat down with moms in suburban Virginia to ask what made the difference.
KAY GREENWELL, VIRGINIA VOTER: This is the first year in my life that I’ve ever put a yard sign out for a candidate and I did this year. I’ve never done that before. Never in a million years.
BROWN: So how many of you voted for Biden in the general election, raise your hand.
BROWN (voice over): But now all four suburban Virginia moms, a Democrat, two independents and one unaffiliated say they voted for Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, in Tuesday night won that seat in Virginia.
BROWN (off camera): Do you think suburban moms like you basically put Youngkin into office?
SHAWNNA YASHAR, VIRGINIA VOTER: Yes, absolutely.
DANA JACKSON, VIRGINIA VOTER: One hundred percent.
BROWN (voice over): And there’s one key issue all four of these women say played a huge part in their choosing a Republican, feeling heard about their child’s education. They spend months fighting to get kids back into school and now they want more done to make up for learning loss from the pandemic.
GREENWELL: The school closures were really hard for a lot of kids and one of my kids in particular really suffered when schools were closed.
YASHAR: It affected my family dynamic. It affected my social circles. It affected every part of me that the kids couldn’t go to school. And so I had to figure out what can I do to make sure that that never happens again.
BROWN (off camera): And you feel like even right now not enough is being done to address the learning loss and you think that is a crisis.
JACKSON: Yes, absolutely. Yes, it’s
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