The United States Studies Centre’s Simon Jackman says Trump-like messages helped Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin claim victory in the Virginia gubernatorial election. Jackman told Sky News Australia “He played the contemporary politics of a state like Virginia perfectly.”
Election Watch 20248 November 2021
Trump-like messages helped secure Republican win in Virginia
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Professor Simon Jackman