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Voters and whites without a college degree. there is growing pushback in many areas of the country, not just virginia tonight, characterizations that parents trying to have a say over there children's education are being termed domestic terrorists. this evening, how that's affecting this governor's race in virginia. here's chief washington correspondent mike emanuel. >> it's a race to the finish in the closely contested virginia governor's campaign with education a central focus. >> we are going to reestablish excellence in schools because our schools have absolutely seen everything about them...

Here in virginia. and he's just -- it's a dog whistle. and i'm sick of it. >> reporter: and slamming his opposition to mask and vaccine requirements in schools. >> what he's proposing is life threatening to children. >> reporter: but in the waning weeks of virginia's tight race for governor, he's hoping a parents belong in schools message will invigorate his base and perhaps reach beyond the conservative crowd to peel off some swing voters in a state president joe biden carried last year by ten points. >> virginia, we have an absolute right, a fundamental right, to be engaged in our kid's educ...

Parents do not have a right to be involved in their children's education. >> i think what glenn youngkin is doing here is trying to excite the base on the republican side. i don't know that this is going to change a lot of minds among those people who are not already in the republican or the democratic camps. i think it's more about trying to make sure that people who will support you if you turn out actually do so. >> reporter: in the days since the debate, democrat mcauliffe downplayed the exchange and noted parents already play an active role in school districts and escalated his attacks. >...