But are you suggesting that if those bills - which Congress has been arguing about for months - if they had passed before Election Day, the Democrats might have won Virginia? INSKEEP: I can see why the president would want to say that because he wants the bills to pass. And that's why I'm continuing to push very hard for the Democratic Party to move along and pass my infrastructure bill and my Build Back Better bill. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: People want us to get things done. He suggested that voters want to see practical results. INSKEEP: You know, President Biden is saying something a little similar to what I think you're saying. I think Democrats need to just take a minute and look at our record and look at what's happened in Washington and take a few minutes and reassess what we have put in front of voters, what matters to voters and really ask ourselves the tough question of, did we present everything we've done to help families get through COVID? Have we presented everything we have done to help small businesses move forward? And do we really have a plan for parents who are feeling fairly anxious about what's happening in their schools? And I think if Democrats take the time to adjust their agenda, get some work done in Washington and then really lean into their accomplishments, I think going into 2022, we will have a better playbook than unfortunately we had in Virginia this past November. INSKEEP: What do you make of an election where your party lost ground everywhere? Welcome to the program.ĭAN SENA: Good morning. He's also a former executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which handles the Democratic side in congressional elections. Let's bring in Democratic political strategist Dan Sena, who advised several candidates in the Virginia election, including the defeated candidate for lieutenant governor. They lost the Democratic counties by less. Compared with 2020, Republicans won the Republican counties by more. And if you do that, you will find that as Republican Glenn Youngkin won the governor's race in Virginia, his party improved in every single county - no exceptions, all 95 counties. You can compare the vote margins to the 2020 election. With a few clicks, you can sort the votes in Virginia by counties. A page at npr.org lets you try your own analysis of this week's elections.
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