What questions did primary raise?
4. Democrats benefited nationally last year from Trumps lackadaisical approach to the coronavirus. Given how close some states were, its easy to imagine Trump getting re-elected without COVID-19 as a factor. We cant imagine anyone was happy about those, although some might be more understanding than others. Democrats might want to be very wary of that  because those could be some non-ideological votes that could be shifted the Republican way with the right kind of campaign. 5. Democrats hadnt controlled both chambers of the General Assembly since 1998, so when they won them back in 2019, it was understandable that there were a lot of pent-up demands. And todays Democrats are a lot further left and a lot more suburban than those Democrats in the '90s, who still had a lot of centrist rural representation. The result has been a dizzying amount of legislation: Virginia has abolished the death penalty and legalized marijuana. Its expanded voter access and required a carbon-free electric grid. Its tightened gun laws and reformed criminal justice laws. Its taken down Confederate statues and legalized collective bargaining for public employees. And there are those who want to do more  such as repeal the states anti-union right-to-work law. Republicans have it easy  they can campaign against all those things without having to actually say theyd undo them. Indeed, Youngkin has already said some things, such as Medicaid expansion, wont be undone. Even if they hem and haw, or even come right out and say no, there may be a certain advantage tipping the Republican way: All they need to do is to tap into any weariness that voters are feeling.