Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington, said unlike the special elections, Virginia at-large is more competitive, rendering the races a better indicator of where voters are nationally.
“You’re not looking at races that one would describe as swing districts or representative of larger trends in the commonwealth, much less nationally,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political science and international affairs professor at the University of Mary Washington. “At most, you could say that the partisan divisions of November continue to exist in January.”
With a Republican governor and Democratic-controlled House and Senate, Dr. Stephen Farnsworth of University of Mary Washington said expect a legislative hurdle once again. “I expect gridlock,” Farnsworth said. “The governor and the Democratic majorities in the legislature have shown little interest in working with each other since Gov. Youngkin first became governor. Year four will likely be marked with pushing things into next year.”
“There has been a pattern throughout Donald Trump’s career in politics and his business to ask for very extreme things in the hope that something less unreasonable will be part of an eventual compromise,” said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington.
“The big uncertainty going into the election today is the weather,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington. “Will people get out and turn out in sufficient numbers today to match previous special elections in January? My guess is that won’t be the case.”
Basically, what you are looking at here is a status quo special election. Democrats held the seats before the special elections and they held the seats after,” said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington.
