republican congressman charlie didn t and david chalian. what kind of litmus test this election? i think we ll overread the results, no doubt, but there are national implications here. both psychologically for both parties but also to give us a sense of where people are a year into biden s presidency. you noted, of course, that biden won virginia a year ago by ten points. you know, this is a moment that we re going to see the great pendulum in american politics to the, and one of the things we ll watch for is how significantly does it swing? we know the history in virginia going back four decades is that the party that didn t win the white house tends to win does win that gubernatorial race the year after except for one example which was terry mcauliffe himself in 2013, but we re going to look and see what does the biden political environment look like? that s up thing and then, of course, we re going to see, and
there s no place like wayfair. not once, not twice but three times vote tallies in maricopa county arizona confirmed president biden won will in 2020. despite all this, the big lie won t die. a former maricopa county elections official now says the state s attorney general s office is launching a new probe that seeks to discredit the republican-driven cyber ninja audit which found biden in fact gained more votes while trump lost votes. to shed more light on this latest move, former maricopa
fight against trumpism, with mcauliffe painting youngkin as a trump acolyte. meanwhile, youngkin has walked a fine line, trying to appeal to trump and his base without hardily or publicly for we re being honest, embracing him. that has resulted in the republican candidate seizing on the national conversation over race and what is being taught in schools. making it the central focus of his campaign and say he will ban something that isn t happening, the teaching of critical race theory, from being taught in virginia schools. again, not taught in virginia schools. it s quite a promise to make. all that being not even based in reality. this race has already, though, seen early record voting. at least 1.1 million voters, a fifth of the electorate, submitted early ballots. final poll averages show the race in a dead heat, with youngkin ahead, but within the margin of error. notable as president biden won virginia a year ago by ten points. tonight, there are a few other key races that we re