Opinion: Tight race in Virginia should galvanize Democrats to pass Biden’s agenda
, with turnout driven up to 48 percent of eligible voters, Bergman notes. That was driven in part by President Donald Trump’s supercharging of turnout in northern Virginia.Bergman says there is no chance of replicating that turnout this time. But he believes getting an agreement on Biden’s agenda would go a long way toward boosting turnout up to at least 45 percent, which he sees as the critical threshold to enable a McAuliffe win.
“A lot of these folks are watching Washington as if it’s their local government,” Bergman told me. “We’re going to win or lose based on how many Democrats show up in the northern Virginia media market.”“Having the president get a win,” Bergman continued, “could be the difference between winning this race and losing.”
What happens if no deal is reached, and McAuliffe loses? It will get even harder for swing district Democrats in Congress to support an ambitious deal.
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