I don't know enough about Virginia state politics to know if that's a bad campaign or not, but just hearing a Democrat talk about an actual policy instead of vague statements about "opportunity" or making their entire campaign about not being the other guy sounds like an improvement to me (how low the bar is at this point). I doubt everyone in Virginia is anti-education; it's just the way that's framed by the Republican party can be appealing, especially if it's in an inflammatory "they're indoctrinating your kids" way. It's definitely possible to make a campaign on education about caring for kids and families and communities, and the exact opposite of what someone like Youngkin would do.

I hope she has more than just that one talking point, though.

This is a fair point, but consider this:

A few years ago, nobody cared about trans people. Immigration was an issue, but people generally thought about it in a nuanced way. But the right-wing establishment changed that by constantly lying and fear-mongering about immigrants and the transes. A few years later, the overall population is a lot more transphobic and racist.
The moral is that people don't have fixed views. The same way the Right changes the public's views for the worse, we can change those views for the better. Voters in VA are anti-education? Well, it's on Democrats to change that. If Zohran Mamdani can do it in NYC, so can Democrats in other cities and states.

Nah, Youngkin won by scaring voters that maybe Democrats wanted to teach kids that white people are bad (Critical Race Theory). And I seem to recall reading that the problem wasn’t that voters believed what Youngkin was saying was true, it was that they weren’t sure that it wasn’t true. It’s not the policies themselves, it’s the framing of those policies. More teachers and better pay is a good and reasonable goal for Virginia Democrats, and they can achieve it with the right framing. From what I’ve seen of them in the recent past I have also thought that the Virginia Democratic Party seemed a bit feckless, but I don’t see anything wrong with what they seem to be doing this time.

So many times I see politicians wanting to stay on the message of the party or the group, but not knowing they could make better strategic decisions. There’s a way to somewhat do both.

I think democrats should stay true to the main message: education is important.

why you discuss your countries political parties' problem in a World -Social forum ??

Who cares what American parties do or think ? 🤷‍♀

Excellent! 🙂🙂🙂

Democrats are for the most part controlled opposition

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