00:00it's a democratic landslide there's no other way to characterize this it's a big margin nearly a
00:27landslide margin in new jersey it is a landslide margin in virginia and the margin was so large that
00:36abigail spanberger was able to carry in her lieutenant governor candidate and even her scandal
00:41tarred candidate for attorney general that most people had thought would probably lose in the end
00:47he's won by four or five points you all chose leadership that will focus relentlessly
00:56on what matters most lowering costs keeping our communities safe and strengthening our economy
01:04for every virginian but it's even better than that for democrats they got they've already hit 60 out
01:13of 100 seats in the house of delegates they were at 51. this is the biggest margin they've had in
01:18decades and then the democrats won the two public service commissioner seats in georgia they kept
01:26they retained the three supreme court seats in pennsylvania you look around the country even at
01:34smaller races in cities and counties and you can see that democrats are just doing well everywhere
01:41i know your struggles i know your hopes i know your dreams so serving you is worth any tough fight i have
01:50to take on and i am incredibly honored to be your next governor
01:56and you know i think also cheryl also ran a largely uh you know campaign that was uh maybe not 100 fully
02:07but pretty close to fully anti-trump and a lot of his policies and tried to pin the policies of the
02:13the last 11 months uh as affecting new jersey voters whereas you know her opponent chattarelli was 100
02:19uh you know with trump and endorsement it was trying to place blame for the economic policies or the
02:25economic state of the of new jersey excuse me uh on the policies of the democratic governors right and
02:31state-based policies and that doesn't seem to have been a winning strategy for him in the end
02:36you know you expect a party to win places where they have a plurality or majority of the electorate
02:44when the other parties in control of the white house but not by this margin so there's a tremendous
02:50signal here for republicans they won't get it unless donald trump gives them permission to get it
03:01and look there are lots of reasons for it affordability and all the other issues they
03:05were discussing but the number one number two and number three reason donald j trump
03:22in the last nine months trump has done more controversial some would say outrageous things
03:29than any president in american history including donald trump
03:331.0 this has a cumulative effect
03:46to that is yeah mom donnie uh would have a hard time winning in most places in the united states
03:51and that's where uh uh cheryl in new jersey governor-elect cheryl and governor-elect spandberger
03:58in virginia come in they're moderates so the parties are smart enough to run people in states and
04:05localities and congressional districts that can actually win those those places and reflect the
04:11values of those places um so mom donnie will be the face of the democratic party if democrats don't
04:18fight that that's what republicans intend to do and yet over the last 12 months
04:23i think the the word that i keep hearing and that is coming out a lot of the exit polls and other
04:43surveys that i'm hearing is affordability being a major issue uh for democrats and that obviously encompasses
04:48the economy but this but it also encompasses things you know like specifically like health
04:53care uh and housing affordability and so this uh you know seeing some survey data coming out that that
05:00affordability in the economy more generally seem to be number one priorities are the the biggest issue
05:05for voters in this cycle yeah in new york city uh we have in terms of the sheer volume of voters the
05:12sheer number the most since at least 1969 so in new york city over two million votes uh have been cast
05:19at least according to current count and so what that is as a turnout percentage i'm not exactly sure at
05:24this point in time but in terms of the number of votes we haven't seen this in a long long time in new
05:28york city which like mom donnie was able to uh win over voters in new york city uh largely based on a
05:36message related to affordability and wanting to work to make the city a better place in other words a
05:42really locally based message uh to start off a campaign and one he stuck with throughout the
05:48campaign that created a lot of enthusiasm especially it seems to be the case among younger voters
05:54and i look forward to seeing you all and working together once again to make sure that we effectuate
05:58the kind of change we so desperately need here in this state that we also love so very very much
06:03guys thank you thank you thank you and thank you for republicans if they dare if they have the
06:11courage if they can find the courage they need to counteract donald trump's more outrageous actions
06:17they they have to insist that he think about the people on the ballot next november because he clearly
06:24didn't uh this november he can't do everything he wants to do he can't post everything he wants to post
06:32on truth social there have to be some breaks and if they can't install the brakes they need to get ready
06:39for another disaster next year and i'm i'm so excited we got this party started a little earlier than expected
06:58on the democratic side they will make a mistake if they think that they've learned everything they need
07:04to learn from these scattered elections uh in this off off year they learned some lessons but they need
07:11to apply these lessons individually and differently to each state uh to each district to each locality
07:18and if they do that and they find those younger more charismatic candidates they're going to have a lot more
07:23victories
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