on tuesday. this race has become not only a big deal in virginia, maryland and d.c., but in so many states because analysts are looking at it as a bellwether for 2022 and the presidential race in 24. david: absolutely. that drop in independent support is just extraordinary. i ve never seen a drop like that. david, thank you very much. well, this is why these approval numbers among independents are so important. the biggest portion of voters in america by far consider themselves independents. look at this, 41% independent, 29% for republicans, 29 for democrats. so is the push for bigger government backfiring bigtime? fox news contributor karl rove joining us now. karl, great to see you, thanks for coming in. we re going to talk about terry mcauliffe in a moment, but first, let s focus on biden. the vast middle ground. to go from 61% down to 34, a 27%