Three weeks out, and the media is still largely ignoring the 2021 Virginia Governor election, because as crucial as it is, they still haven’t figured out how to get ratings out of it.
Prediction: the media will wait until the week before the Virginia election, then try to get ratings by scaring you into believing that Democrat Terry McAuliffe is going to lose for sure.
But this kind of doomsday coverage only demotivates people even worse than if the media weren’t covering it at all. Yet viewers have been conditioned to believe that listening to a pundit say “we’re gonna lose no matter what” is somehow being “vigilant.”
So here’s the real story. Democrat McAuliffe is slightly ahead of the Trump-like candidate. If the polls are accurate, McAuliffe will win. But if the polls are off by a couple points, he could lose. We can’t take that risk. So we need to whip every last vote.
This is NOT like the California recall, where all we had to do to win big was drive turnout. Virginia is a swing state. We’ll have to drive major turnout there just to win by, like three points. If we lose, Virginians are really screwed.
But this is one of those elections where we have a slight advantage, so if we put in the work, we’ll win. Now is the time. No matter what state you live in you can phone bank, do data entry, etc. Just sign up to help on McAuliffe’s site. Do it right now: terrymcauliffe.com
And once we get to the part where the media starts telling us McAuliffe is somehow going to lose no matter what, we have to tune that out (because it’s ratings-driven fiction), and remain focused on the facts: this is a highly winnable race, and McAuliffe has the small lead.
“But the republicans will just wave some wand in Virginia and magically win or steal it no matter what!” No. Nothing ever works that way. That’s just defeatist fiction that lazy people use to justify not putting in the work required to win, which the media amplifies for ratings.
Do you have a spare few dollars? Some of you don’t, but some of you do. If you do, donate to Terry McAuliffe’s campaign. There are enough of you reading this that even $5 or $25 or $3 a person adds up: terrymcauliffe.com
Can’t stress enough that while most of the other elections we care about are a year away in late 2022, the Virginia Governor race is in 2021. It’s three weeks from now. Blink and it’ll be over. That’s why we have to put in the work NOW – not wait til next time it’s mentioned.
We should also be supporting Democrat Phil Murphy in the New Jersey Governor race, which is also in three weeks. His lead is a bit more secure. But still, no lead matters unless you put in the work required to actually win. Help put Phil Murphy here: murphy4nj.com
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