milk. glenn youngkin said he ll get rid of the tax on groceries. they see him as a businessman who knows how to cure some of the ills in the economy. big picture, what does this mean? here is what one democrat told me at mcauliffe headquarters last night. this was a bell for the democratic party. right now it s an alarm bell. if we don t stop fighting with each other, unite and get deliveries for the voters, it could be a funeral bell. reporter: there are plenty of democrats i talked to last night and frankly some of them are in the mcauliffe camp, who are furious with washington. they say suburban voters in places like here in loudoun county put them into office because they said they were going to change washington, they were going to get things done, and they haven t made good on that promise. it s very interesting that the senator here, mark warner, just spoke on capitol hill. he said, we talked a lot about enthusiasm, there was a problem with democratic enthusiasm.
that might not have been the right choice for the mcauliffe camp. i think we will know soon. here is a crazy fact. they re is a third candidate in this race in virginia. princess blinding, she received almost 22,000 votes and .7 percent. so that is something. that is 51-48.3 per janet, than you very much. this is fascinating to watch. let s get a lot of reports on the new jersey governor s race that we ve been talking about. democratic incumbent trained to hold off the challenger and eri shawn is covering that race for as he s at murphy headquarters right now in asbury park, new jersey. what is the mood there, eric? the mood can be by the song they just played which is bridg over troubled waters. they wouldn t play that if that wasn t the feeling here some
we have a strong economy, as well as increasing our workers rights. at the same time education, i m sure that there will be a deep freeze about what happened. and again, i m sure the mcauliffe camp, we re still waiting for all the provisional ballots. they need to be canvassed and counted. obviously virginia is a big state, it s an important state. you have real local issues. and the tea leaf readers tonight, are all trying to figure out how much of this is about virginia, how much this is about youngkin in mcauliffe. and how much this is about biden and democrats at a larger level. our exit polling asked one question, one reason for your vote for governor today? to express opposition to joe biden 28% of people said so, to express so port for joe biden, 20% said, so joe biden was not a factor. it was actually the biggest group. that was 48%. for all those who are saying this is some kind of referendum, and what s going on with joe
what is driving you in this race? i just think that the, um, i think the tenure of the campaign and how intense it is. i have never seen any election for governor this intense. and with so much advertising. it s been unusual. bret: bombarded, right? both in person and direct mail and on tv. bret: so did that drive you the commercials? i was just pretty committed to the candidates i support. and i know this is an important election. both here in virginia and nationally as well. make sure to vote early. bret: what drove you on this race? i follow politics. i follow pretty closely and i just don t like what i m hearing out of the mcauliffe camp. stuff going on in schools in northern virginia, especially loudoun county, very concerning. i think it s kind of targeted with the kids and, you know, the
ainsley: lawrence jones bought the suede jacket. brian: i m still not over that. steve: commonwealth of virginia coming up on the next tuesday, they will officially have the election day. we should know who wins between glenn youngkin and terry mcauliffe. well, you can tell that the mcauliffe camp is panicking calling out every big star in the democratic party. the president of the united states came to virginia yesterday, arlington just across the river, pentagon city. and during that 17-minute speech, he mentioned donald trump s name 24 times. keep in mind, joe biden won the state by 10 points but because his approval numbers are completely upside down, what is he got to do? he is trying to turn glenn youngkin into a trump clone which is not accurate. ainsley: brought attention to youngkin s fleece vest.