traction here as a closing argument. democrats are nervous, let s be clear democrats are always nervous, they do think this race is always thin. they believe mcauliffe can win this but it s going to be a squeaker. we have heard mcauliffe for weeks talk about the idea of wanting the bipartisan bill signed into law. we see him talking with biden there. that s not happening. it s not going to be passed today to sway any voters to mcauliffe s side. republicans are watching this race carefully with youngkin even if youngkin were to go down to defeat here. it seems to be a sense that he established a play book, how
joe biden won it by ten points. that s a relatively recent phenomenon, you know, glenn youngkin came into this race with his the patterns of the days of jimmy carter is one party wins the white house one year and the following year the other party wins the virginia s governor race. the only time the pattern was broken in 2013 when a leader after barack obama was reelected president and some guy named terry mcauliffe was elected governor of virginia and then the pattern went back to the same as it always been. one party wins the white house and other party wins virginia s mansion. youngkin has history and momentum on his side. what mcauliffe has on his side
is math. the fact that this has been a bluer and bluer state and so the question is, do enough democrats come out to vote for mcauliffe? does youngkin motivate republicans in a year when trump is not on the ballot which plays both ways. right, trump is in a lock box. we ll not know until tonight how this works out. i think anybody tells you they know how this is going to play is wrong. we just don t know yet. i don t rule out the possibility that other candidate could win convincingly either because of the momentum or the math. let s see. let s put sam stein in the position telling us how this is
they ll hand the concerns. we intend to pass both bills the next couple of days. reporter: the president s approval raing has dropped 42%. all right, it s really interesting, jonathan, you look at this and it s hard to not come to the conclusion that if that infrastructure bill had been passed last week, mcauliffe will be in a much better position today. joe biden is sate sitting at 42. that s higher than donald trump was throughout most of his presidency and higher than bush throughout the second term. if he loses and is because democrat just can t deliver on this bill. right. let s remember that president biden was elected with the over arching promise that the government can work together and deliver for citizens. that s a harder case to make
it s also are a rejection of what mcauliffe has done. he has tried to make this all about trump and youngkin has tried to make it about virginia issues. ron, same question. look, i think i turn it around and look from the demand side, i guess. there is no question donald trump is the dominant figure in the republican party. the trump faction is the largest faction in the republican party by three quarters or four fifths of the party is in line with what he is doing. there is a quarter of republican voters uneasy with everything donald trump has done, particularly since the election, and who view many of his actions as a threat to american democracy. if trumpism is going to be curbed in the republican party, those voters have to exact a price on other republican candidates. if in fact to use scott s phrase, if they kind of revert back to voting for a orun of th mill conservative republican who nonetheless is winking at