{"id":968225,"date":"2021-11-04T15:29:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T19:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=968225"},"modified":"2021-11-04T15:29:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T19:29:21","slug":"republicans-see-double-digit-gains-in-crucial-virginia-house-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-see-double-digit-gains-in-crucial-virginia-house-districts\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans See Double-Digit Gains in Crucial Virginia House Districts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-see-double-digit-gains-in-crucial-virginia-house-districts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=968225&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"28.461538461538\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/\">Politics<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin&#8217;s upset win leaves vulnerable 2022 Dems reeling<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1350984159_736x514-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1350984159_736x514.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1350984159_736x514-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1350984159_736x514-703x491.jpg 703w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/collin-anderson\/\" title=\"Posts by Collin Anderson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Collin Anderson<\/a> \u2022 November 4, 2021 3:25 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"96.578899082569\">\n<p><span>Republicans enjoyed double-digit gains in a pair of Virginia swing districts crucial to determining whether the party takes control of the House in 2022, results that left vulnerable Democrats reeling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In Virginia&#8217;s Seventh Congressional District, which Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D.) won by 2 points in 2020, governor-elect Glenn Youngkin (R.) bested Democratic opponent Terry McAuliffe by 15 points\u2014an extraordinary 17-point swing,&nbsp;precinct data released by the Virginia Department of Elections shows. In the state&#8217;s 2nd district, which Rep. Elaine Luria won by 6 points in 2020, Youngkin led McAuliffe by 8 points, marking a 14-point swing.<\/p>\n<p><span>The results sent Democrats into a frenzy as they work to retain their narrow grip on Congress in next year&#8217;s midterm elections. Following Youngkin&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/gop-inclusion-trumps-neo-nazi-cosplay-in-race-to-succeed-blackface-democrat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>upset victory<\/span><\/a><span> on Tuesday, Spanberger delivered a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/03\/us\/politics\/democrat-losses-2022.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>scathing rebuke<\/span><\/a><span> of President Joe Biden&#8217;s agenda, which she portrayed as overreaching and out of touch with the problems facing everyday Americans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Nobody elected him to be F.D.R., they elected him to be normal and stop the chaos,&#8221; Spanberger said of Biden. &#8220;We were so willing to take seriously a global pandemic, but we&#8217;re not willing to say, \u2018Yeah, inflation is a problem, and supply chain is a problem, and we don&#8217;t have enough workers in our workforce. We gloss over that and only like to admit problems in spaces we dominate.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The White House did not return a request for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In response to Youngkin&#8217;s win, Biden said Wednesday that McAuliffe &#8220;maybe&#8221; would have prevailed if Democrats passed his infrastructure and social spending bills &#8220;before Election Day.&#8221; But not all of the president&#8217;s partymates agree. Hours before Biden&#8217;s remark, Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) said Republicans&#8217; sweep of Virginia exemplifies Americans&#8217; &#8220;concerns&#8221; over inflation and increased federal spending. For Manchin, the result stressed the need for Democrats to &#8220;take our time&#8221; on passing Biden&#8217;s agenda in order to &#8220;do it right.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Recent polling also suggests that vulnerable Democrats could face backlash if they choose to support Biden&#8217;s $1.75 trillion package. According to an October <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/ca678077bc522bd7bd74bacbf\/files\/f5e7728d-554a-39d2-2939-8c4849d081c6\/HHP_October_12PM_vF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Harvard CAPS-Harris poll<\/span><\/a><span>, 58 percent of registered voters oppose &#8220;a $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion social spending bill that would be financed by increasing the deficit and tax increases,&#8221; and 56 percent think such a bill would &#8220;lead to more inflation.&#8221; The poll also found that 56 percent of voters would be &#8220;less likely&#8221; to vote for their representative should they vote for the bill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Republicans are now bullish about their ability to replicate Tuesday&#8217;s success in Virginia across the country. The National Republican Congressional Committee <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/republicans-expand-target-map-after-virginia-upset\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>expanded<\/span><\/a><span> its target list in the wake of Youngkin&#8217;s win, adding 13 members to the list of Democrats it plans to unseat in 2022. The nonpartisan Sabato&#8217;s Crystal Ball also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/centerforpolitics.org\/crystalball\/articles\/republican-sweep-in-virginia-sets-off-alarm-bells-for-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>changed its ratings<\/span><\/a><span> for three high-profile Senate races\u2014Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada\u2014from &#8220;leans Democratic&#8221; to &#8220;toss-up.&#8221; Even in Colorado, a state Biden won by 14 points, 50 percent of voters view the president unfavorably\u2014an 8-point increase in just four months, according to an October Rocky Mountaineer poll.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;In a cycle like this, no Democrat is safe,&#8221; NRCC chairman Tom Emmer said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin&#8217;s upset win leaves vulnerable 2022 Dems reeling  Collin Anderson \u2022 November 4, 2021 3:25 pm Republicans enjoyed double-digit gains in a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-968225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=968225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=968225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=968225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=968225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}