and escalate the issues around covid and the many stressors that particular demographics felt having their kids at home and trying to balance that and jobs at the same time. kitchen table issues like the rising inflation of what that cost means of the gas pump, what that means of the gas pump, what that means in grocery stores. those types of conversations were not necessarily had as elevated by democrats in the same way that it was by youngkin on the conservative side. 0ne was by youngkin on the conservative side. one of the bigger issues that democrats had was nationalising a race that was hyper local. they were fighting against the ghost of donald trump who was nowhere to be found on the ballot it is not even on twitter these days. i think that it really hurt them. these days. i think that it really hurt them- these days. i think that it really hurtthem. ,, ., , ., , , hurt them. should the democrats be worried about hurt them. should the democrats be worried about the hurt the
narrowly won re election. the shock results have boosted republican hopes of winning back control of congress in the mid term elections next year. key parts of mr biden s agenda are being held up by lawmakers, and the president says he s determined to push them through. no governor in virginia has ever won, whether he or she is the same party as a sitting president. what i do know is that i do know that people want us to get things done. they want us to get things done. they want us to get things done. they want us to get things done. and that s why i m continuing to push very hard for the democratic party to move along and pass my every church bill and my build back better bill. 7 infrastructure bill. let s bring in political commentator and democratic strategist ameshia cross in chicago. we just had news that the democrats won
this is newsday on the bbc. i m mariko 0i in singapore. 0ur headlines. president biden has urged democrats to press ahead with his agenda, after the party suffers a shock defeat in the state of virginia. global financial institutions controlling trillions of dollars of assets have signed up to help meet climate goals, with the uk aiming to become the world s first net zero financial center. australian police have released pictures of the moment a four year old girl was found alive and well more than two weeks after she went missing. cleo smith disappeared from a tent she was sleeping in with her family, on a remote campsite in western australia. police found her, locked in a house in her home town.
welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m mariko oi. the headlines. president biden urges democrats to press ahead with his agenda after the party suffers a shock defeat in the state of virginia. people want to get things done. that one is to get things done. and that s why i m to push very hard for the democratic party to move along and pass my infrastructure bill and my build back better bill. global financial institutions controlling trillions of dollars of assets sign up to help meet climate goals. jeering. accusations of corruption,
in newjersey but in virginia, a major miscalculation. whose votes did the democrats lose7 it appears that the democrats lost several different demographics of both, the diverse voter turnout was not what it was in 2020 which is not necessarily surprising, this is an off election year. large numbers of voters always come out in presidential terms more than they do in election years where a president is not at the top of the ticket. the bigger issue was that the suburban white voter that flipped against donald trump voted heavily for youngkin in 2021. the appeals to white suburban women around attic education and the lies about critical race theory, weapon icing race and talking in terms of culture wars and really trying to elevate and escalate the issues around covid