I remember hearing about him before the elections and he was supposed to be more moderate. Then he was elected and has been _very_ conservative instead, so that lines up with why.
He has been running for national office since before he won the nomination. He had to be more moderate to win the nomination. As soon as he got the he turned into a Trump wanna-be to get elected. If someone fringe-right gets nominated I figure he'll try for VP at the convention, and if not run for Senate. I don't think he stands a chance for the VP nomination. Too many others have been waving the flag formTrump and his supporters longer.
He wasn’t nominated via a primary. He was hand selected by the members of the Virginia GOP, who did not hold a primary. Amanda Chase would have likely won a primary and the GOP would’ve lost the general election, because she can’t hide her crazy like he can.
I remember trying to look up his opinions before the election, and it was hard to find anything. He is a great example of a "Wolf in Sheep's clothing".
I remember when he was running ads pretty much the only official stance of his platform they talked about was being anti-CRT. No other policy. He definitely weaseled his way in with those less conservative republicans by trying to hide his real beliefs
It wasn’t a primary but a convention. You had to sign up to become a delegate to vote in the convention. Youngkin (his team) actually signed up something like 2-3x the amount of delegates for the Republican Party than the state has ever seen with his outreach. Caught me at a table at a gun show, and I signed up “for more info” just to get notified that now I had the responsibility of a voting delegate in the Va Republican Convention.
So, yes, not a primary, but I sat in line in caroline county for over an hour to vote from my car in the drive-thru convention. Apparently conventions are also a different cost than a primary for the party?
Gotcha, I didn’t realize the convention was open to non party members, or that there were drive though options or that Younkin’s people pushed that hard. I think that was likely a big effort by the Virginia GOP to ensure that Amanda chase didn’t win, because she’s unelectable in a general election in VA. That makes sense why a no name, first timer running would get so much support.
Was the drive though convention only at 1 location state wide?
In Virginia, everyone is "nonpartisan" -- the state does not recognize party registration. When there are primaries, they are always scheduled on the same day and you can only vote in one -- but you get to choose at the door. One year you can vote on the GOP primary, another year in the Democratic primary. But not both at once. You might join the Virginia Democratic Party but because primaries are open, you can vote in the GOP primary every year.
It's a holdover from the Byrd political machine, which was a conservative segregationist Democratic machine, and aligned with the GOP nationally on most issues. Part of the Conservative Coalition in Congress that formed the opposition to the New Deal Democrats.
Awesome, everything in your first paragraph I knew. But I did not know anything about the origins that you mention in the second paragraph.
I guess with me the confusion is does the convention have to be open to any voter in Virginia? It’s not a primary, so I don’t assume it is required. The party is not required to allow the general public to pick the nominee, clearly though.
As for The conservative coalition, I don’t know much about that, but I’m very interested thank you for bringing that up. Do you know the mindset behind the open primary system that we have in Virginia being used by the conservative coalition in opposition to new deal era policies? I don’t think I can fully wrap my head around the benefits that would have provided to the conservative coalition.
If I recall correctly, joining the “delegate” sign up for the convention then assigned you to a party… I don’t really know. I wasn’t on a party “list” until I did that. My mailbox has never been the same. Poor mailbox.
Actually, he distanced himself from Trump while running, but he turned ultra conservative once elected. Of course I think I see things as they are, so I'd be surprized if he makes it through the next election. I think he's upset too many of the swing voters. I say that as someone that tends to lean a little to the right.
Anyone who thought he was a moderate wasn't paying attention. He was always transparent about who he was, he just doesn't say the quiet part quite as loudly as the Cheeto did
It’s unfortunate that in America, the word ‘Liberal’ has had to bear the weight of so many varied approaches to human progress, while ‘conservative’ only seems to crystallize into ever tighter definitions of a proper culture.
The difference between the two ideologies is that a liberal when exposed to something new or different will evaluate it and either incorporate it or reject it based on its merits. A conservative on the other hand when exposed to something new will automatically reject it as something new and scary.
As a young conservative, I disagree. Liberals and leftists are 2 completely different entities.
I respect liberals.
I do not respect leftists.
The problem with reddit and all platforms tbh is, if you have a different opinion that the hivemind you are, either (a) bigot (b) racist (c) homophobe (d) uneducated
I feel like if leftists did not bash conservatives right away and converse with one another they could see life from a different view and vice versa.
As i previously mentioned I'm a young conservative and I do not hate people specifically because which party they choose to align themselves with. I hate people that will not hear the other sides arguments and call them racist fascists.
I long for a world where with opposing views could comprise and get along. Because where were headed it not good.
I understood why people voted for him and not Terry after Terry’s absolute shit campaign. When he won, he had the opportunity to become a hogan-esq governor, or turn to the right and appeal to the fringe of his party.
He is doing the latter because he isn’t actually interested in VA - he wants the white house.
So no… Glenn can go fuck himself in whatever state he is in now… cuz I’d wager it’s not VA.
Both McAuliffe and Youngkin ran on not being Trump. The sane republicans felt it was safe to vote for a republican again. The democrats wanted actual campaign promises and wasn’t motivated.
It seems like the Democrats just took the fact that they'd win for granted and didn't even campaign at all until late in the election when they saw they were behind in the polls then they scrambled and put out a half assed "campaign" as the last minute.
That's just it, though... he means to be this disarming.
He has fooled you already.
There's nothing more damning to our democracy than somebody who believes in the MAGA/Qanon/Trumpist playbook and goes about implementing it *quietly*.
Youngkin is bad fucking news.
The thing that blows me away the most if McAuliffe's Assault Weapons Ban. In a time when suburban gun ownership has exploded he came out swinging with an AWB that he 100% didn't need. Who was that supposed to appeal to? You only lose liberal gun enthusiasts and gain no one with that stance. /r/VAguns was chock full of folks saying they fucking hated Youngkin but were voting GOP on the sole basis of 2A issues. Every time I mentioned that 2A rights don't exist in a vacuum I couldn't in good conscience vote GOP I got told to go fuck myself.
What undecided voters were out there going, "I was thinking Youngkin but that Assault Weapons Ban really won me over!"
Tge things with guns is that we need stricter laws. I was in a case against my ex for Domestic Assault and Battery Against a Family Member yesterday. He plead guilty. Got a slap on the wrist and HE CAN STILL BUY A GODDAMN GUN! Do people not realize how dangerous that can be?!
Yea I mean I'm not even really trying to make a statement one way or the other on gun laws, but for McAulliffe to be making the AWB part of his platform in the way he did was incredibly tone-deaf in terms of trying to win the election.
This coupled with the fact he knows he can’t run for a concurrent term and no one has been governor twice bc of that rule in the VA state constitution he understands he can essentially do whatever he wants.
Was disappointed how Terry bungled his campaign. Would have focused more on making sure Glenn didn’t win the R nomination.
I’m friends with several people who know him fairly well. (Grew up with him, their kids grew up together, neighbors, etc)They are all very confused as to who this person is, cause it’s not the guy they knew. None of the 3 people I know even know each other and have said almost the same words about it to me. He’s shooting for the top job and is/was a moderate conservative, but that game won’t work nationally, or in a purple state, in the current climate.
>They are all very confused as to who this person is, cause it’s not the guy they knew.
So, what you're saying is that instead of being a True Believer Culture Warrior, he's just a cynical worm who will beat up on the weakest members of society (trans kids) and the like in order to gain power.
>I understood why people voted for him and not Terry after Terry’s absolute shit campaign.
I can understand why people didn't turn out for Terry, but there are no circumstances under which voting for 'CRT is going to fuck you in the ass' guy was rational.
Don’t forget he set up a hotline to report teaching of CRT in classrooms, which was definitely not a made-up thing designed to appeal to paranoid ignoramuses.
My favorite part of that is that they set up an email address for reporting and people immediately signed it up to every spam newsletter they could find.
He sure doesn't spend much time in Virginia. He's always off campaigning for other Republicans all over the country, trying to earn chits for the Presidential race in 2024.
Eh.
As much as some want to suggest he's well liked off Reddit, his approval rating is 50%. The headline in this article really promotes that it is up ten points since February, ignored that it is down three since August.
Also according to this article, former Gov Northam had a higher approval rating at this point in his term.
https://cardinalnews.org/2022/10/12/youngkin-approval-rating-rises-almost-10-cnu-poll-finds/
He got elected with 51% and the Democratic Senate has blocked him from doing all the hilariously unpopular conservative stuff he wants to do (abortion ban top of the list). Dems are saving him from himself
This poll was already discussed here. The methods used are a bit dubious; 40% were polled by landline (i.e. old people), the phone numbers polled weighed against number of voters in area code.
The headline is also a bit misleading. Factually his approval rating is up 9% on *this* poll with a margin of error of 4.5%.
I fear you’re right. This sub will be overwhelming against (good, fuck him). But this sub is also not representative of VA as whole. I would guess a large majority of his supporters are not on Reddit.
If your only interests in “politics” are putting a stop to Critical Race Theory and keeping trans and gay kids from coming out in public schools then you probably like him. The man refused to publicly admit that Trump did not win the election. He’s a fuckin dumb asshole that got the win by catering to the Maga crowd. He wastes his time in office making up arbitrary rules for public school kids.
His approval rating is the lowest of any first year Virginia governor. It ranges between 45-50%. Virginia is an auto pilot state, as far as governor approval. The last Republican had 70%. Glenn is falling short by a lot.
So, I would say no; Virginia doesn’t really like the job he’s doing.
>His approval rating is the lowest of any first year Virginia governor.
Mcaullife was the same and/or worse. Somebody corrected you on that fact recently.
*edit* [Also..he was at 55% in August so indeed..not the worst.](https://www.wdbj7.com/2022/08/30/virginia-poll-governor-youngkin-youre-doing-good-job-dont-run-president/)
No, he doesn't govern nor does he know government. Apart from signing toothless executive orders and then doing his one job at rubber stamping bills from legislative side, he has spent his time campaigning in other states.
He is also surrounded himself with a cabinet who cannot govern, they just kinda bob along.
He supports trump so there you have it I guess he is well liked by those who worship the orange man.
You’re asking this question on Reddit, a platform filled with majority people that lean left and are aggressively vocal about it. This is not a good platform to get an accurate answer 😂 It’s probably a mix. Liberals hate the guy. Conservatives like him. Moderates probably change their opinions daily. Big shock.
Just curious, what made you vote for him? To me it seemed like his main campaign point was scare mongering about CRT, so his performance in office is pretty much what I expected based on that.
Im in a very blue area an no not at all. It got better though when everyone got $200 checks that Northam put into place. Youngkin took easy credit for it which boosts rating
As he keeps on trying to change our Virginia schools, he sends his son to an expensive out-of-state private school. He's just another phony populist. He was a very good businessman but he does what his extremely conservative evangelical wife tells him to do when it comes to politics. You could almost say that that makes him a feminist ... but that humor really isn't funny.
Not by me. He has no plan, he won off of culture wars and fear mongering, he has done nothing since taking office, he supports the lie about the election being stolen and actively campaigns in other states for candidates who do the same.
Dude is a nothing nobody who got elected because God forbid your kid learns George Washington had slaves. Democrats were making so much progress in this state prior to Glen.
Truly, screw him and I am so mad at everyone who voted him in because damn this state had a lot of good news for 2 years.
I don't like him. He's trying to strip away children's rights to their freedoms in school...where they're already in danger of criticism and at risk of suicide.
Only MAGAs like him.
His opponent literally warned is that this guy is a Trumper, but moderate right leaning voters were swayed by this fuck heads "I'm not Trump" disguise and he got voted in...
He immediately starts ferrying in people Trump fired from his own shit tenure and lock stepping with the MAGA playbook
He's a piece of shit, dangerous a fuck of he runs for president, and couldn't care less about our state.
Bigger problem is that people voted him in primarily because of outage over CRT, for which most people couldn’t describe accurately. The guy wouldn’t articulate any policy details during the campaign and basically fed right wing outage politics BS to win.
all he is, is a trump ass kisser who managed to get elected and will now spent his every waking hour trying to get re-elected. As someone else said, to those who voted for him, he is the 2nd coming of the messiah hisself... to everyone else he's just another gasbag politician now. I think Northam was a getter governor. I actually live in MD but have a summer home near VA Beach, and have lived in VA on and off over the years. I think Doug Wilder and George Allen were both pretty good when I lived there, haven't paid much attention to VA politics since Allen.
The people who do claim to like him mostly do so to own the Libs, in my opinion. Even if you are fairly Conservative, he's mostly been a warm body for the Governor seat so far.
Democrats ran a shitty campaign with a shitty recycled corporate donor candidate. Dems didn’t get out to vote like they should have. Then, when he won everyone was upset and surprised it flipped.
Personally, no. Youngkin is just another fake conservative using the same fear monger tactics as the rest, but he's at least not Greg Abbott. Lived in TX for the last three years before moving back to VA and I'd take Youngkin over Captain Hot Wheels any day.
personally, fuck nah. it’s all culture wars bullshit. unfortunately, the fear tactics worked. he’s not even here half the time tbh. dude wants to be president.
The Virginia governor position is a springboard to other political aspirations. It's a 1 term job. Please see Mark Warner for example. Either fuck it up entirely or you move up in your respective political party. The culture war stuff is just an olive branch to people that voted for him. Notice how you haven't seen more of that over the past year? Virginia has an ever evolving tax base in Northern Virginia and tidewater, the less you do the better you'll get.
Edit: mistake on term
Republicans like him, but it’s all branding and nonsense that won’t age well. Right now he’s pushing small modular nuclear reactors for rural VA, implying they’re gonna get cheap electricity without having to let the liberals put up solar panels. But Virginia isn’t a utility, and ApCo has zero fucking interest in installing small nuclear reactors in empty counties. By the end of his term, if these trends continue, he might be popular in the Republican primaries, but he won’t be able to win another election in virginia.
I wish he would stay his ass here in the state and focus on VA instead of criss-crossing the country stumping for other candidates and getting himself ready for 2024
Do I (personally) like him? No.
Do many in my area (Lynchburg)? Yes.
But…it’s probably because of LU, as well as those taught a conservative worldview, and those whom are older and have come here to retire near their children/grandchildren.
As for Terry McAuliffe, I was serving in the Virginia Defense Force during the time of his gubernatorial inauguration, and I was a parade marshal. McAuliffe did a lot to help this Commonwealth, especially for equality & diversity, and I wholeheartedly believe we are the better for his time as our Governor.
And no one is better than the other, they just help the Commonwealth in different ways than the other. Different communities, backgrounds, people of economic circumstances, etc. Some agree, some don’t, some sit on the fence. 🤷♂️
The only thing that is wrong is to do things based on bias / prejudice, on hatred or ignorance of those different. I say, if people are not hurting others, then why is it of another’s concern? Especially the state and local government(s)?
He's a Trumplican politician and pretty much ran on a platform of pandering to ignorance, racism and fear. There are the people who voted for him because they don't give a fuck about anything other than if they have a R next to their name. There are the people who voted for him because they embrace the ignorance, racism and fear. And everyone else voted against him because he's corrupt businessman trying to weasel his way into political money while offering absolutely nothing of value.
He's not well liked, he's tolerated. He's just another useless republican fuckweasel that'll be gone in a few years after grifting the white wing of their money like all the rest. And at some point will probably get in legal trouble once his various crimes come to light in a few years, long after he's done fucking up a perfectly good state and it's too late to do anything about it.
Overall, yes, he is pretty popular. He is seen as the Republican antidote to Trump.
I used to vote Republican and after a strong debate performance in Buchanan, I was within 24 hours of voting for him. I thought it was unfair to judge him for Trump and Amanda Chase. However, he did a Chase rally a few hours before I voted, so I voted Democrat again. This week, he endorsed Kari Lake, so I am more than happy not to have a Youngkin vote on my conscience. Republicans have made it clear they no longer want my vote.
We don't like where he stands on weed legality which is enough for me to vote for the dark side to get some better trees available at an affordable price to combat inflation.
Youngkin advertised himself as strongly not-Trump, so when he won i thought "okay, i mean, as long as he doesnt do anything crazy its fine." Then he immediately parroted AND put into effect basically every radical/controversial take of that month you could think of.
Its..............
This sub leans left pretty far left....so the results here are not representative of VA more generally.
Personally, I do not like him.....but he is definitely well-liked in many areas/communities around VA
I voted for him. He came across as a more moderate right candidate during the race for election, but now I realize that he's a far-right leaning asshole who is using the position as a possible springboard to a higher position. Just another rich guy politician doing the bidding of his corporate donors. When he speaks, he is so full of so much shit that it makes me want to puke. Fuck him.
I didn’t vote him, don’t particularly like his policies. But I did get the chance to meet him at a wedding a few weeks ago. Seemed like a genuinely nice person, which made him seem more slimy in retrospect
Depends on the party you ask and where the people you are asking are from in Virginia. Most Virginians seem to think the state stops around Roanoke so regardless of who's in office, their policies don't help the part of Virginia I'm from anyway. So I've not particularly cared for most of Virginia's recent governors.
I think part of why Terry lost was there was no excitement around him. I got one text message about voting for him by name within 6 weeks of the election and it was about how he supported the Casino. Every other text was about how dangerous Youngkin was. I also think the Democratic Party was way behind on actual voter data because they didn’t knock many doors for two years because of the pandemic.
By the loud ones? Yes. By others? I'm guessing not.
It's a beauty and marvelous convenience how "personal freedoms" and "freedom of choice" apply to all of the things he and his followers are for, but to 0 of the things they are against.
He is a quiet monster. Normal people who don’t follow politics think he’s fine.
“The economy is bad and gas is expensive and Biden is a Democrat, Youngkin is a Republican, so he must be okay, right?”
To me, he has no problem using taxpayer money for his gain and is never in the state because he is too busy getting ready for a Presidential run.
McAuliffe actually wanted to help people.
Nope. He wants to ban abortion at 15 weeks and doesn't think January 6th was a big deal. He mostly just wails about parental rights and then goes campaigning for election deniers in other states.
Only by the cultists….
He currently trying to walk the line of: (1) look at me, I’m just like tRump, (2) however I’m much more sane than tRump, and (3) I’m less crazy as DeSantis…. So don’t I seem like the perfect 2024 Presidential candidate? In the end he’s just as nutty and evil as every republican is these dates.
Remember, there are two types of republicans now: (1) consciously evil one, and (2) complicit evil ones.
Per this [article](https://cardinalnews.org/2022/10/12/youngkin-approval-rating-rises-almost-10-cnu-poll-finds/), most recent I could find though it may be biased, he seems to have 50% approval rating.
I think this sub skews to NOVA and Democrat, so we dislike him cause we (rightfully in my opinion) think he does a lot of bad shit with his policies, like with trans kids, but it seems like VA is slightly more approving than disapproving of him.
I gave him the benefit of the doubt but he's done absolutely shit that I'm aware of, and it seems like he spends more time campaigning for President than doing anything of value for Virginians.
To the people that voted him in, yes. To those that didn't he seems especially despised.
I remember hearing about him before the elections and he was supposed to be more moderate. Then he was elected and has been _very_ conservative instead, so that lines up with why.
He has been running for national office since before he won the nomination. He had to be more moderate to win the nomination. As soon as he got the he turned into a Trump wanna-be to get elected. If someone fringe-right gets nominated I figure he'll try for VP at the convention, and if not run for Senate. I don't think he stands a chance for the VP nomination. Too many others have been waving the flag formTrump and his supporters longer.
He wasn’t nominated via a primary. He was hand selected by the members of the Virginia GOP, who did not hold a primary. Amanda Chase would have likely won a primary and the GOP would’ve lost the general election, because she can’t hide her crazy like he can.
I remember trying to look up his opinions before the election, and it was hard to find anything. He is a great example of a "Wolf in Sheep's clothing".
I remember when he was running ads pretty much the only official stance of his platform they talked about was being anti-CRT. No other policy. He definitely weaseled his way in with those less conservative republicans by trying to hide his real beliefs
Someone here knows what’s up.
It wasn’t a primary but a convention. You had to sign up to become a delegate to vote in the convention. Youngkin (his team) actually signed up something like 2-3x the amount of delegates for the Republican Party than the state has ever seen with his outreach. Caught me at a table at a gun show, and I signed up “for more info” just to get notified that now I had the responsibility of a voting delegate in the Va Republican Convention. So, yes, not a primary, but I sat in line in caroline county for over an hour to vote from my car in the drive-thru convention. Apparently conventions are also a different cost than a primary for the party?
Gotcha, I didn’t realize the convention was open to non party members, or that there were drive though options or that Younkin’s people pushed that hard. I think that was likely a big effort by the Virginia GOP to ensure that Amanda chase didn’t win, because she’s unelectable in a general election in VA. That makes sense why a no name, first timer running would get so much support. Was the drive though convention only at 1 location state wide?
In Virginia, everyone is "nonpartisan" -- the state does not recognize party registration. When there are primaries, they are always scheduled on the same day and you can only vote in one -- but you get to choose at the door. One year you can vote on the GOP primary, another year in the Democratic primary. But not both at once. You might join the Virginia Democratic Party but because primaries are open, you can vote in the GOP primary every year. It's a holdover from the Byrd political machine, which was a conservative segregationist Democratic machine, and aligned with the GOP nationally on most issues. Part of the Conservative Coalition in Congress that formed the opposition to the New Deal Democrats.
Awesome, everything in your first paragraph I knew. But I did not know anything about the origins that you mention in the second paragraph. I guess with me the confusion is does the convention have to be open to any voter in Virginia? It’s not a primary, so I don’t assume it is required. The party is not required to allow the general public to pick the nominee, clearly though. As for The conservative coalition, I don’t know much about that, but I’m very interested thank you for bringing that up. Do you know the mindset behind the open primary system that we have in Virginia being used by the conservative coalition in opposition to new deal era policies? I don’t think I can fully wrap my head around the benefits that would have provided to the conservative coalition.
If I recall correctly, joining the “delegate” sign up for the convention then assigned you to a party… I don’t really know. I wasn’t on a party “list” until I did that. My mailbox has never been the same. Poor mailbox.
Was the entire thing in Caroline County or was it all over VA? Who else was on the ballot?
Actually, he distanced himself from Trump while running, but he turned ultra conservative once elected. Of course I think I see things as they are, so I'd be surprized if he makes it through the next election. I think he's upset too many of the swing voters. I say that as someone that tends to lean a little to the right.
Je said in a statement ine time that if he was to actually speak on his opinions on LGBTQIA+ and abortion issues. He would lose.
Anyone who thought he was a moderate wasn't paying attention. He was always transparent about who he was, he just doesn't say the quiet part quite as loudly as the Cheeto did
Especially on this sub
Reddit tends to be liberal leaning, so it’s no surprise. Note: Not that that’s a bad thing, I’m just making an observation
I mean, we are younger, more exposed to the world, and can read. So yeah, I guess so
Speak for yourself. I'm old af.
Yeah but can you read? ;)
Lol, That's what I said to myself last time I was in a bar in Clarendon
Tends ? Lol
I was trying to be diplomatic lol. It’s better than saying if you show any view other than that of a hardcore liberal you will get downvoted.
It’s unfortunate that in America, the word ‘Liberal’ has had to bear the weight of so many varied approaches to human progress, while ‘conservative’ only seems to crystallize into ever tighter definitions of a proper culture.
The difference between the two ideologies is that a liberal when exposed to something new or different will evaluate it and either incorporate it or reject it based on its merits. A conservative on the other hand when exposed to something new will automatically reject it as something new and scary.
As a young conservative, I disagree. Liberals and leftists are 2 completely different entities. I respect liberals. I do not respect leftists. The problem with reddit and all platforms tbh is, if you have a different opinion that the hivemind you are, either (a) bigot (b) racist (c) homophobe (d) uneducated I feel like if leftists did not bash conservatives right away and converse with one another they could see life from a different view and vice versa. As i previously mentioned I'm a young conservative and I do not hate people specifically because which party they choose to align themselves with. I hate people that will not hear the other sides arguments and call them racist fascists. I long for a world where with opposing views could comprise and get along. Because where were headed it not good.
I definitely despise him. He's a promoter of the big lie and a traitor to this country.
Like him? I barely know him!
Wrecked em? Damn near killed him!!
Rectum?
I understood why people voted for him and not Terry after Terry’s absolute shit campaign. When he won, he had the opportunity to become a hogan-esq governor, or turn to the right and appeal to the fringe of his party. He is doing the latter because he isn’t actually interested in VA - he wants the white house. So no… Glenn can go fuck himself in whatever state he is in now… cuz I’d wager it’s not VA.
How poorly McAuliffe ran his campaign can’t be overstated. He didn’t run against Younkin, he ran against Trump (who was, in fact, not on the ballot).
He barely ran at all
Both McAuliffe and Youngkin ran on not being Trump. The sane republicans felt it was safe to vote for a republican again. The democrats wanted actual campaign promises and wasn’t motivated.
It seems like the Democrats just took the fact that they'd win for granted and didn't even campaign at all until late in the election when they saw they were behind in the polls then they scrambled and put out a half assed "campaign" as the last minute.
But that's just it... McAuliffe was right. Youngkin is a quieter, more clever, Trump.
Youngkin has nowhere near the cult of personality that Trump or Desantis are capable of.
That's just it, though... he means to be this disarming. He has fooled you already. There's nothing more damning to our democracy than somebody who believes in the MAGA/Qanon/Trumpist playbook and goes about implementing it *quietly*. Youngkin is bad fucking news.
Youngkin doesn't believe in anything.
The thing that blows me away the most if McAuliffe's Assault Weapons Ban. In a time when suburban gun ownership has exploded he came out swinging with an AWB that he 100% didn't need. Who was that supposed to appeal to? You only lose liberal gun enthusiasts and gain no one with that stance. /r/VAguns was chock full of folks saying they fucking hated Youngkin but were voting GOP on the sole basis of 2A issues. Every time I mentioned that 2A rights don't exist in a vacuum I couldn't in good conscience vote GOP I got told to go fuck myself. What undecided voters were out there going, "I was thinking Youngkin but that Assault Weapons Ban really won me over!"
Tge things with guns is that we need stricter laws. I was in a case against my ex for Domestic Assault and Battery Against a Family Member yesterday. He plead guilty. Got a slap on the wrist and HE CAN STILL BUY A GODDAMN GUN! Do people not realize how dangerous that can be?!
Yea I mean I'm not even really trying to make a statement one way or the other on gun laws, but for McAulliffe to be making the AWB part of his platform in the way he did was incredibly tone-deaf in terms of trying to win the election.
Yes especially when the majority of Virginians don't want an AWP just stricter gun laws.
This coupled with the fact he knows he can’t run for a concurrent term and no one has been governor twice bc of that rule in the VA state constitution he understands he can essentially do whatever he wants. Was disappointed how Terry bungled his campaign. Would have focused more on making sure Glenn didn’t win the R nomination.
I’m friends with several people who know him fairly well. (Grew up with him, their kids grew up together, neighbors, etc)They are all very confused as to who this person is, cause it’s not the guy they knew. None of the 3 people I know even know each other and have said almost the same words about it to me. He’s shooting for the top job and is/was a moderate conservative, but that game won’t work nationally, or in a purple state, in the current climate.
>They are all very confused as to who this person is, cause it’s not the guy they knew. So, what you're saying is that instead of being a True Believer Culture Warrior, he's just a cynical worm who will beat up on the weakest members of society (trans kids) and the like in order to gain power.
Yep, that’s what I take from it.
Yes. That is true. I have heard the same thing.
>I understood why people voted for him and not Terry after Terry’s absolute shit campaign. I can understand why people didn't turn out for Terry, but there are no circumstances under which voting for 'CRT is going to fuck you in the ass' guy was rational.
He lives here?
Personally? No, but I feel like you're gonna get some response bias against him in this sub/platform in general
I haven’t seen anything that benefits VA. He’s all about earning culture war points for his national ambitions.
Basically, I have no clue what he even does for VA.
Don’t forget he set up a hotline to report teaching of CRT in classrooms, which was definitely not a made-up thing designed to appeal to paranoid ignoramuses.
My favorite part of that is that they set up an email address for reporting and people immediately signed it up to every spam newsletter they could find.
And since then has been trying to avoid FOIA requirements that he disclose any info they have on it.
He sure doesn't spend much time in Virginia. He's always off campaigning for other Republicans all over the country, trying to earn chits for the Presidential race in 2024.
Eh. As much as some want to suggest he's well liked off Reddit, his approval rating is 50%. The headline in this article really promotes that it is up ten points since February, ignored that it is down three since August. Also according to this article, former Gov Northam had a higher approval rating at this point in his term. https://cardinalnews.org/2022/10/12/youngkin-approval-rating-rises-almost-10-cnu-poll-finds/
He got elected with 51% and the Democratic Senate has blocked him from doing all the hilariously unpopular conservative stuff he wants to do (abortion ban top of the list). Dems are saving him from himself
And the only reason he’s up because of the tax rebate, which was from previously administration
This poll was already discussed here. The methods used are a bit dubious; 40% were polled by landline (i.e. old people), the phone numbers polled weighed against number of voters in area code. The headline is also a bit misleading. Factually his approval rating is up 9% on *this* poll with a margin of error of 4.5%.
He's not liked in Northern Virginia.
Loudoun doesn't even like their own citizens
He’s got way too many of the simpletons in western Loudoun fooled for my comfort level.
Western Loudoun voted against a new cell tower so they can actually call 911.
That's not saying much. Northern Va isn't liked by the rest of Va.
They sure do love Nova’s tax money to Richmond though.
As a Nova native I’ve never liked the rest of VA so yeah
Is he well-liked? Not by me He panders to the hate and fear crowd; basically, Trump with more polish and wearing a vest.
I fear you’re right. This sub will be overwhelming against (good, fuck him). But this sub is also not representative of VA as whole. I would guess a large majority of his supporters are not on Reddit.
You mean there's an entire world outside of Reddit?!
Nope. The real world is a myth. Reddit is reality. Here, have this blue pill.
You mean the conservative Christian Evangelical hate mongers?
He likes sweater vests and rolling up his sleeves
He will throw his hat into the ring for 2024. If only for the practice.
If your only interests in “politics” are putting a stop to Critical Race Theory and keeping trans and gay kids from coming out in public schools then you probably like him. The man refused to publicly admit that Trump did not win the election. He’s a fuckin dumb asshole that got the win by catering to the Maga crowd. He wastes his time in office making up arbitrary rules for public school kids.
That's a negative, ghost rider.
If you voted for him as a Republican: yes If you voted for him as a Democrat: no If you didn't vote for him: no That's what I've found to be true.
His approval rating is the lowest of any first year Virginia governor. It ranges between 45-50%. Virginia is an auto pilot state, as far as governor approval. The last Republican had 70%. Glenn is falling short by a lot. So, I would say no; Virginia doesn’t really like the job he’s doing.
>His approval rating is the lowest of any first year Virginia governor. Mcaullife was the same and/or worse. Somebody corrected you on that fact recently. *edit* [Also..he was at 55% in August so indeed..not the worst.](https://www.wdbj7.com/2022/08/30/virginia-poll-governor-youngkin-youre-doing-good-job-dont-run-president/)
And he's still saying it?
I moved to VA from ga. Marjorie Taylor green got elected and I got the hell out. Now I am stuck with youngkin. I despise him
As much as I dislike Youngkin, at least I can say he’s better than MTG.
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No, he doesn't govern nor does he know government. Apart from signing toothless executive orders and then doing his one job at rubber stamping bills from legislative side, he has spent his time campaigning in other states. He is also surrounded himself with a cabinet who cannot govern, they just kinda bob along. He supports trump so there you have it I guess he is well liked by those who worship the orange man.
You’re asking this question on Reddit, a platform filled with majority people that lean left and are aggressively vocal about it. This is not a good platform to get an accurate answer 😂 It’s probably a mix. Liberals hate the guy. Conservatives like him. Moderates probably change their opinions daily. Big shock.
This moderate is no fan at all and regrets voting for him.
Just curious, what made you vote for him? To me it seemed like his main campaign point was scare mongering about CRT, so his performance in office is pretty much what I expected based on that.
He just poured money into advertising the CRT bull shit.. and it worked.
So, do you ask in the Wal Mart parking lot, then?
As if democrats don't shop at Walmart lol
Great answer
No
I despise the guy but asking this question on Reddit is pointless.
“Hey babe, ask the 8 ball “
No. No.
Im in a very blue area an no not at all. It got better though when everyone got $200 checks that Northam put into place. Youngkin took easy credit for it which boosts rating
As he keeps on trying to change our Virginia schools, he sends his son to an expensive out-of-state private school. He's just another phony populist. He was a very good businessman but he does what his extremely conservative evangelical wife tells him to do when it comes to politics. You could almost say that that makes him a feminist ... but that humor really isn't funny.
NOPE
NO!!!!
Personally no.
Not by me. He has no plan, he won off of culture wars and fear mongering, he has done nothing since taking office, he supports the lie about the election being stolen and actively campaigns in other states for candidates who do the same. Dude is a nothing nobody who got elected because God forbid your kid learns George Washington had slaves. Democrats were making so much progress in this state prior to Glen. Truly, screw him and I am so mad at everyone who voted him in because damn this state had a lot of good news for 2 years.
Not by me.
I don't like him. He's trying to strip away children's rights to their freedoms in school...where they're already in danger of criticism and at risk of suicide.
We affectionately call hm Glenn Trumpkin. Trust fund baby. Clueless. Disingenuous. Power-hungry.
Only MAGAs like him. His opponent literally warned is that this guy is a Trumper, but moderate right leaning voters were swayed by this fuck heads "I'm not Trump" disguise and he got voted in... He immediately starts ferrying in people Trump fired from his own shit tenure and lock stepping with the MAGA playbook He's a piece of shit, dangerous a fuck of he runs for president, and couldn't care less about our state.
Bigger problem is that people voted him in primarily because of outage over CRT, for which most people couldn’t describe accurately. The guy wouldn’t articulate any policy details during the campaign and basically fed right wing outage politics BS to win.
all he is, is a trump ass kisser who managed to get elected and will now spent his every waking hour trying to get re-elected. As someone else said, to those who voted for him, he is the 2nd coming of the messiah hisself... to everyone else he's just another gasbag politician now. I think Northam was a getter governor. I actually live in MD but have a summer home near VA Beach, and have lived in VA on and off over the years. I think Doug Wilder and George Allen were both pretty good when I lived there, haven't paid much attention to VA politics since Allen.
The people who do claim to like him mostly do so to own the Libs, in my opinion. Even if you are fairly Conservative, he's mostly been a warm body for the Governor seat so far.
He sucks.
His aspirations are for the presidency. Not so interested in Virginians.
Democrats ran a shitty campaign with a shitty recycled corporate donor candidate. Dems didn’t get out to vote like they should have. Then, when he won everyone was upset and surprised it flipped.
Personally, no. Youngkin is just another fake conservative using the same fear monger tactics as the rest, but he's at least not Greg Abbott. Lived in TX for the last three years before moving back to VA and I'd take Youngkin over Captain Hot Wheels any day.
personally, fuck nah. it’s all culture wars bullshit. unfortunately, the fear tactics worked. he’s not even here half the time tbh. dude wants to be president.
No and no. Hes a piece of shit
The Virginia governor position is a springboard to other political aspirations. It's a 1 term job. Please see Mark Warner for example. Either fuck it up entirely or you move up in your respective political party. The culture war stuff is just an olive branch to people that voted for him. Notice how you haven't seen more of that over the past year? Virginia has an ever evolving tax base in Northern Virginia and tidewater, the less you do the better you'll get. Edit: mistake on term
It’s a 4 year term.
Depends. Where do I live? He better liked in the Western Part of the state than NOVA, RVA and Hampton Roads.
He’s loved by racists
Republicans like him, but it’s all branding and nonsense that won’t age well. Right now he’s pushing small modular nuclear reactors for rural VA, implying they’re gonna get cheap electricity without having to let the liberals put up solar panels. But Virginia isn’t a utility, and ApCo has zero fucking interest in installing small nuclear reactors in empty counties. By the end of his term, if these trends continue, he might be popular in the Republican primaries, but he won’t be able to win another election in virginia.
I'm still waiting for him to actually do something for VA and get off the campaign trail for other people.
I wish he would stay his ass here in the state and focus on VA instead of criss-crossing the country stumping for other candidates and getting himself ready for 2024
Do I (personally) like him? No. Do many in my area (Lynchburg)? Yes. But…it’s probably because of LU, as well as those taught a conservative worldview, and those whom are older and have come here to retire near their children/grandchildren. As for Terry McAuliffe, I was serving in the Virginia Defense Force during the time of his gubernatorial inauguration, and I was a parade marshal. McAuliffe did a lot to help this Commonwealth, especially for equality & diversity, and I wholeheartedly believe we are the better for his time as our Governor. And no one is better than the other, they just help the Commonwealth in different ways than the other. Different communities, backgrounds, people of economic circumstances, etc. Some agree, some don’t, some sit on the fence. 🤷♂️ The only thing that is wrong is to do things based on bias / prejudice, on hatred or ignorance of those different. I say, if people are not hurting others, then why is it of another’s concern? Especially the state and local government(s)?
No. Not at all really. The only people that voted for him at the ones that believe you should always vote for your party no matter what.
He's a Trumplican politician and pretty much ran on a platform of pandering to ignorance, racism and fear. There are the people who voted for him because they don't give a fuck about anything other than if they have a R next to their name. There are the people who voted for him because they embrace the ignorance, racism and fear. And everyone else voted against him because he's corrupt businessman trying to weasel his way into political money while offering absolutely nothing of value. He's not well liked, he's tolerated. He's just another useless republican fuckweasel that'll be gone in a few years after grifting the white wing of their money like all the rest. And at some point will probably get in legal trouble once his various crimes come to light in a few years, long after he's done fucking up a perfectly good state and it's too late to do anything about it.
Not here
Overall, yes, he is pretty popular. He is seen as the Republican antidote to Trump. I used to vote Republican and after a strong debate performance in Buchanan, I was within 24 hours of voting for him. I thought it was unfair to judge him for Trump and Amanda Chase. However, he did a Chase rally a few hours before I voted, so I voted Democrat again. This week, he endorsed Kari Lake, so I am more than happy not to have a Youngkin vote on my conscience. Republicans have made it clear they no longer want my vote.
No. Simple answer
No. His whole campaign was based on fear. All the people scared of the boogeyman that is CRT while not understanding it in the least.
Why ask Reddit? Lmao you’re not gonna get a good answer here
No. He is not.
For the trans community yes, we hate him.
Hell no!
I don’t think he cares one lick about Virginia. He just wants to run for President.
Will throw my no out there.
This sub is essentially a Democratic sub so not in this community lol. Overall, I think it’s a mixed-bag.
He's spent most of his time in office campaigning out of state, so he's still not very well known.
We don't like where he stands on weed legality which is enough for me to vote for the dark side to get some better trees available at an affordable price to combat inflation.
Are you referring to the tattletale website guy?
No
No
Youngkin advertised himself as strongly not-Trump, so when he won i thought "okay, i mean, as long as he doesnt do anything crazy its fine." Then he immediately parroted AND put into effect basically every radical/controversial take of that month you could think of. Its..............
If your asking reddit no lol Reddit hates the fella. Reddit hates the man but I am indifferent.
He’s barely here which is a gift.
This sub leans left pretty far left....so the results here are not representative of VA more generally. Personally, I do not like him.....but he is definitely well-liked in many areas/communities around VA
I voted for him. He came across as a more moderate right candidate during the race for election, but now I realize that he's a far-right leaning asshole who is using the position as a possible springboard to a higher position. Just another rich guy politician doing the bidding of his corporate donors. When he speaks, he is so full of so much shit that it makes me want to puke. Fuck him.
Nah
No!
Nope.
Heck no. He’s destroying the state.
Absolutely not!
Lmao sounds exactly like something that a spy would ask
so the company he retired from bought the dominion software machines in 2018. dominion software machines were used in VA. ENJOY YOUR DAY
most people I’ve met irl like him
I mean objectively, he has become more liked. https://cardinalnews.org/2022/10/12/youngkin-approval-rating-rises-almost-10-cnu-poll-finds/
I didn’t vote him, don’t particularly like his policies. But I did get the chance to meet him at a wedding a few weeks ago. Seemed like a genuinely nice person, which made him seem more slimy in retrospect
Mac is a carpetbagger! Clinton sidekick.
Would Youngkin be a carpetbagger and Trump sidekick?
Absolutely- he’s amazing
Depends on the party you ask and where the people you are asking are from in Virginia. Most Virginians seem to think the state stops around Roanoke so regardless of who's in office, their policies don't help the part of Virginia I'm from anyway. So I've not particularly cared for most of Virginia's recent governors.
I think part of why Terry lost was there was no excitement around him. I got one text message about voting for him by name within 6 weeks of the election and it was about how he supported the Casino. Every other text was about how dangerous Youngkin was. I also think the Democratic Party was way behind on actual voter data because they didn’t knock many doors for two years because of the pandemic.
By the loud ones? Yes. By others? I'm guessing not. It's a beauty and marvelous convenience how "personal freedoms" and "freedom of choice" apply to all of the things he and his followers are for, but to 0 of the things they are against.
McAuliffe is a commie stuck up Biden’s geriatric bum. He would have gone after guns in common use.
Yes
No, he's a bigoted pandering toolbag who doesn't give a shit about this state.
Fuck no, hung coa is a fucking nut too
No. He's a piece of shit who only cares about extracting wealth for him and his 1% cronies from hardworking Virginians.
>Is he a better governor than McAuliffe? Absolutely not. McAuliffe actually gave a damn. And he gets bonus points for not being a fascist.
No
He’s not well-liked in r/Virginia but he’s pretty well-liked in the Commonwealth of Virginia
Pardon?
No
No
He is a quiet monster. Normal people who don’t follow politics think he’s fine. “The economy is bad and gas is expensive and Biden is a Democrat, Youngkin is a Republican, so he must be okay, right?” To me, he has no problem using taxpayer money for his gain and is never in the state because he is too busy getting ready for a Presidential run. McAuliffe actually wanted to help people.
Nope. He wants to ban abortion at 15 weeks and doesn't think January 6th was a big deal. He mostly just wails about parental rights and then goes campaigning for election deniers in other states.
Nope
Only by the cultists…. He currently trying to walk the line of: (1) look at me, I’m just like tRump, (2) however I’m much more sane than tRump, and (3) I’m less crazy as DeSantis…. So don’t I seem like the perfect 2024 Presidential candidate? In the end he’s just as nutty and evil as every republican is these dates. Remember, there are two types of republicans now: (1) consciously evil one, and (2) complicit evil ones.
Fuck him. We were nice and progressive under McAuliffe.
No, fuck guy. Ignorance and intolerance dressed up in a sweater vest.
Per this [article](https://cardinalnews.org/2022/10/12/youngkin-approval-rating-rises-almost-10-cnu-poll-finds/), most recent I could find though it may be biased, he seems to have 50% approval rating. I think this sub skews to NOVA and Democrat, so we dislike him cause we (rightfully in my opinion) think he does a lot of bad shit with his policies, like with trans kids, but it seems like VA is slightly more approving than disapproving of him.
I appreciate that you took the time to find an article. I also agree with your opinion.
Hate that stupid fleece vest
Not in my house, or my neighborhood, or my county. I think he’s liked only by rich white folk and gullible white folk.
…and racists, don’t forget the racists
Hell no
No.
Absolutely not.
I’m not a fan.
I personally love his deregulation of the building trades: two years to journey status ftw! /s
Nope. I strongly dislike him and judging from the protests across the whole state lately I'm not alone.
Youngkin is great
Love him! Common sense and decency.
Not by the minorities
The Lt Gov and AG don’t seem to mind him
Or by anyone with common sense and values.
Definitely
Asking this question on Reddit was doomed to fail from the start lol
No
I gave him the benefit of the doubt but he's done absolutely shit that I'm aware of, and it seems like he spends more time campaigning for President than doing anything of value for Virginians.