fave/unfave is interesting. trump at 41% fave. biden is at 43%. so which of mcauliffe and youngkin can outperform the standard bearer? based on the fave/unfave numbers, you think maybe it would be youngkin, but as steve pointed out, mcauliffe won his first governor s race with fave/unfave numbers that were not high at all. that doesn t always translate into vote. steve kornacki, claire mccaskill, david plouffe, julian castro are all staying with us. when we come back, there is breaking news in the fight against covid, and a major step that will bring vaccines to the arms of children under 12. plus much, much more from steve kornacki at the big board and the exit polling from the virginia governor s race. also, our special coverage continues after a short break. don t go anywhere today.
michael steele, we lose you, but thank you for so much for being part of our coverage. it s wonderful to see you, my friend. up next for us, steve kornacki joins us on what to watch as the first exit polling starts rolling out right here. our special election coverage continues after a quick break. don t go anywhere.
have. that s my biggest point right now when i look at this and analyze it. we are where we are with the democrats because they let down their sails, drifted into a port that had been moved further downstream by the republicans. i will put that analysis to our conversation. jamie harrison will join the conversation. still ahead, i ll be joined i will join rachel madow and joy reid in the next hour. the first exit polling will be out. steve kornacki will be here. he will be here all night long. next, for us, are virginia democrats showing up? and talking about those closing messages, we ll look at the final ads on the air in virginia over the final days. each candidate sending a warning what a win for the other guy
gospel in spelling doom for mcauliffe. in ten, out of the last 11 gubernatorial elections in virginia wrote, the post, the party that won the presidency lost virginia s governorship a year later, and who was that one exception? mcauliffe who won election in 2013, but what s left out of the analysis is who drove mcauliffe to victory, black voters, black women in particular. npr wrote last week, black voters have put democrats over the top in virginia elections before, considered that in 2013, mcauliffe lost the white vote by 20 points according to exit polling, but he won more than 90% of black voters. they made up 20% of the electorate, and it was enough to help mcauliffe to a three-point victory. using his analysis of the gender gap in the exit polls, i went the extra step of declaing in a
higher rating than biden. from there has been a massive shift in exit polling. if it it were held today donald trump windshieldin. win today. we know where liz cheney stands on all things trump. that is more about fuelling lies about the former president suggesting he was responsible for organizing that madness on january 6th. that s not true. donald trump is suing to stop the release of records related to this fore gone conclusion