In the Virginia Statehouse and senate on the ballot. You might remember in 2017, so two years ago, right, the last year we had a big offyear election in virginia, there was a huge blue wave in virginia. Remember that . The Democratic Candidates running for statehouse in virginia two years ago got more than 200,000 more votes than their republican opponents who they were running against. But it was a fascinating thing to watch Election Results two years ago in virginia. Because getting the most votes didnt translate into democrats getting the most seats in the Virginia House that year. Because the republicans had gerrymandered the state so badly to make it easier for them to win more seats even when they didnt have more votes, when the results came in virginia two years ago tonight, republicans even though theyd had 200,000 fewer votes than the democrats, they had won 50 seats in the statehouse while democrats had only won 49. It was nuts. It was like a perfect distillation of how gerry
voter data there, essentially 5% of voters that voted in the 2018 election, about 5% as trump voters as you would call them ended up voting for house democrats. in kentucky, a state where mitch mcconnell was on the ballot last year, and you re talking about a 30 point swing, this is enormous. and i mention mitch mcconnell because there s a lot of talk about democrats here about what this election would mean. and mitch mcconnell s approval numbers were about the same level as matt bevan here. matt bevan is somebody who as i mentioned tied himself to donald trump, speaks like donald trump. i just want to mention one conversation. in with suzy campbell, i talked to her last year. she s a grain farmer out in spencer county. i called her up. she voted for donald trump in 2016 merchandise she also voted for matt bevan in 2015. i called her up and said what are you going to do tomorrow? and she said i m going to go to the polls and vote for