opinion of mcauliffe. only 44% with a favorable view of him. that could be mean a lot. it also gives us a picture of how some voters feel, whether they dislike the democrat and still pull the lever for him is completely possible. as steve mentioned, mcauliffe has never had favorable throughout the roof. this race has been nationalized. mcauliffe, the democrat, relentlessly trying to tie youngkin to trump. as the new york times put it in a closing article, they re fixating on how racial inequality is taught in schools on the right, and cultural issues. these are themes that have been channeled or echoed by voters that our own nbc teams have caught up with. important issue this year was education. schools. the issues that are going on in schools right now. the biggest issue is what we re doing about the pandemic. i believe mcauliffe hurt himself a lot with saying parents had no place to talk about education. that hurt him a lot. and that took away my support. big part of his
didn t want to vote for biden, but he tells me he felt compelled to vote today. he said because he s talking about youngkin not the same guy as donald trump. and he did go on to vote for glenn youngkin, the republican running for governor here in virginia. that is a complete rejection of democrat terry mcauliffe s strategy to tie youngkin to trump and certainly among the independent voters that youngkin wants to pluck from the suburbs like this area from terry mcauliffe. certainly one voter s perspective, brianna, as they came out and cast their ballot, but certainly an interesting window into the strategies, how they may be embraced or not by these voters. it is a nail biter. let s go to miguel, you re there in new york city. maybe less of a nail biter, but this is coming at a very critical time for new york city. reporter: yeah, look, this is a nail biter that will be the shock of the evening. i can say that, you know, the
joe biden won the state by ten. you had two kind of lopsided u.s. senate races in 2018, and 2020 in favor of democrats. so if there is significant erosion, even if the democrats, you end up winning, maybe that tells us something about the political environment. again, when you have a president who has, you know, negative approval rating, that s kind of the most important statistic in a lot of these races, particularly in kind of an off year this year, and midterm environment coming up next year. that, you know, causes trouble for the presidential party. kyle, hasn t it been interesting to see how glenn youngkin has navigating around the thorny topic of trump. he s basically said, i don t need outside help. i can win this on my own, but a often, we ve seen in the past, former president trump s ego doesn t tolerate that. this one seems to be working for both of them. i mean, if youngkin had wanted to do an in-person
biden and donald trump, as well. in the next 24 hours, we could get a feel for what next year s midterms will look like and maybe even beyond that. in virginia, which is the state that joe biden carried by ten points, the race is neck and neck. will voters in the commonwealth respond to terry mccauliffe s attempt to link youngkin to trump, or will youngkin s position on a parents role and a child s education rule the day? i am running against, i like to say, donald trump in khakis or sweater vest. what is he going to do with all those sweater vests at the end of this campaign? donald trump issued two statements attacking me and endorsine ing glenn youngkin. today, two. what does that tell you? maga people not as excited as you thought? on day one, i will ban critical race theory from being in our schools. te terry mccauliffe versus virgini,
polls opening one hour ago in both states. in the next 24 hours, we could get a preview of what next year s midterms will look like and beyond. in virginia, a state that joe biden carried by ten points, the race is neck and neck. terry mcauliffe is attempting to link youngkin to trump, and youngkin is trying to make education a core virginia issue. i am running against, i like to say, donald trump in khakis. or sweater vest. what is he going to do with all those sweater vests at the end of this campaign? donald trump issued two statements attacking me and endorsing glenn youngkin. today, two. what does that tell you? little maga people not as excited as you thought? so on day one, i will ban critical race theory from being in our schools. terry mcauliffe versus virginia.