and what you see as the campaigns having done right or wrong when it comes to reaching out to them. thank you for asking that question, because i think it s going to be the key to the election. steve kornacki was talking to everybody about where we needed to look, especially louden county and these counties that overperform in the presidential election. guess what else happens in those counties? it s where latinos and african-americans live. so me watching on election night louden county and other enclaves where there s lots of folks of color, if they turn out the same as the presidential or someone in between will literally determine. as i always said, follow the money. you ve seen this exorbitant amount of spending going into talking to people of color in these last weeks because they are so critical to this race. you have the dnc, building back together, all these groups like next gen talking to people of color because their turnout percentage will be the
can he undo a lot of damage that was done in places like louden county by donald trump during the trump era? glenn youngkin doesn t necessarily need to win louden county to win tuesday night, but can he get it to ten points or less? that s something we ll obviously be watching on tuesday night. again, that s a story everyone nationally is going to be watching because in 2022, if republicans are going to win back the house, they need to win back the suburbs in district after district around the country. they need to win back voters they lost during donald trump s presidency. so those are two types of counties in virginia we re going to pay attention to on tuesday night. steve kornacki, thank you. nothing says election season quite like seeing you at the big board. catch our live coverage tuesday as results come in from virginia and other key races across the country. rachel maddow, joy reid, and steve kornacki kick it off tuesday.
the idea getting it passed earlier would have helped mcauliffe. but look, this is the moment that the democrats are at, and for mcauliffe, the challenge is two fold it s turning out african-american voters, and it s competing for the folks who haven t voted yet for white women voters in the suburbs and for independent voters and the challenge for mcauliffe is that youngkins has really been, the polls show, gaining in terms of momentum with that independent vote. you re going to see mcauliffe in leesburg in louden county, a crucial county for turnout in this race, it s like the third biggest county in virginia, and it s one of these truly swing counties that have been trending blue. the question is, can republicans get it back? public education is one of these issues separate from covid, separate from biden, separate from infrastructure, separate from the economy, public education is an issue that glenn
people together. let s go to nbc s chris jansing in sterling, virginia, once again, talking with people volunteering and people in grassroots organizations right now. let s get to the candidates this time, chris. how are both of them planning to spend the next 48 hours? reporter: with all the intensity you would expect for a race this close within the margin of error poll after poll. the latest aggregate says it s a 0.6% race, which is why they both started early this morning on the campaign trail. terry mcauliffe right now still has five more events today. he ends up not far from here in leesberg at the halloween parade. glen youngkin will finish up his bus tour and ends in leesburg. louden county is so important, but what s really interesting is what he s calling his last event tomorrow, louden parents matter. we know that he is really fired up the republican base by warning them if a democrat, terry mcauliffe, gets elected,
they re going to take control of their children and what they learn in school. the question is, and this is the critical question, has it started to fire up the democratic base as they see this race tightening. this is a group of women who have been out, they have been texting, going door to door, making phone calls, part of a group called red wine and blue and we have jessica with us who is a teacher. so did it fire you up to hear glenn youngkin? yes, it absolutely did. especially in regards to what s going on here in louden county and always have to justify our profession when it s the kids, their well being, who we always have at heart in education. and julie, tell me exactly when we hear people are texting, you ve sent out hundreds of thousands of texts, why. to who? what are you telling them? we are excited for red, wine and blue to be here, 20,000 texts to women in louden county because we know just here 20,000 texts?