the trajectory on fairfax county. biden 70 and trump 48. this is still a democratic county but there is a big difference if you are a republican trying to win virginia in losing fairfax county by 20 versing losing it by 40. mit romney was in the game, he came close to 20. he lost by four points. donald trump got blown out in 2020 and losing a place like fairfax by 40 instead of 20 makes a huge difference there. this issue of education, they believe terry mcauliffe gave him a big gift in the campaign when he made that comment. education gives them away to roll back the clock politically to before trump came along in a place like loudoun county. this area right outside of
81% of the vote right outside washington, d.c. it s interesting. play that youngkin ad. youngkin is also thinking of suburbs right outside washington, d.c. it s not the idea for him, it s not that he s going to win them. gone so democratic in many cases, but can he erode some of that surge that democrats got in the trump era? that ad you just showed had a voter from fairfax county. youngkin at fairfax county. biden got 70% of the vote here last year, but check out the recent history there. biden 70. clinton 65 in 2016. roll the clock back to 2012 when barack obama got re-elected. he didn t even quite get 60% in fairfax county. fairfax county is enormous. like one of every seven votes in virginia comes out of fairfax county. s glenn youngkin doesn t have to win it but if he can get anywhere what mitt romney got less than ten years ago do that in a fairfax county, he could