Scott Jennings, a political analyst at CNN, said following the Republican’s surprising victories in statewide elections on Tuesday that the formula used by governor-elect Glenn Youngkin can be used by Republicans nationwide to win.
“Well, in algebra, we’re often trying to solve for ‘x’ and Republican politics, we’re often trying to solve for ‘T,’ for Trump and Younkin figured it out,” Jennings said. “He kept Trump out of the race, basically, he didn’t campaign there. He didn’t wake up every day talking about it. He didn’t feel the need to respond to every, you know, grievance or whatever. He kept focused on the issues and heretofore, some Republican candidates would have said, ‘Well, then you’re running the risk of the MAGA voters not turning out.’”
“Look at the map, the rural counties not only came out, they came out huge,” Jennings continued. “So, it turns out that Glenn Younkin has solved for this problem in that you can run a race based on issues, continue to attract the Trump base, get a path back in the suburbs, and take advantage, frankly, of the just enormous collapse, continued collapse of the Democratic Party in rural areas. That’s how we win. That’s how we’re going to be successful. When you can put the suburbs back together with rural areas the way we used to do.”
