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Democrats see going on in a washington and it was also a very well-engineered campaign by candidate youngkin himself who positioned himself as an obvious alternative as a completely all acceptable alternative to the democrat auliffe. and then the voters said okayal. and huge upset. h until only recent days, very skillful campaign by a nervousno candidate. big hill to climb, he climbed it. >> what's interesting is he didn't run on tax cuts. i think that was a feature of his platform. but he ran on what we are told are the divisive social issues critical race theory, what our kids are taught. he...

The 2022 mid-term elections and beyond. candidate youngkin joining us now from campaign headquarters. democrat terry mccauliffe is unable to join us but the invitation is out there still. how are you feeling on this big day? >> we're feeling really good. we have a ton of momentum. i'm actually out in chantilly, virginia and saying hello to voters this morning. a lot of momentum in our campaign. we finished a 10-day bus tour meeting with 25 and 50,000 people. we're hoping to have a good day. >> sandra: you have been able to narrow the race in the last several weeks. local taxes and on education...

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Issue for his campaign? what is it that he thinks resonates with virginia voters? >> i think education has really been this perfect storm over the past year and a half, really, as with covid, kids having to be taught at home virtually. a lot of parents thought they were too slow to go back into schools. parents have struggled with trying to work their own jobs and get child care and different things. and so there's been an uptick, and we're seeing protests at school board meetings, now mask mandates, what is being taught. that's not happening just in virginia, it's happening across the country...

Schools what they're taught. and that has been played ad nauseam on television. we've heard from democrats, that doesn't test well in focus groups. republicans have been able to pick that comment out and sort of make it emblematic of all of these education issues. it's not just about books, it's not just about critical race theory, which is not being taught in virginia, but it is an anger issue. oftentimes what we see in politics is the angry side is the most motivated side to come out. >> let's talk about some of the polling that we are seeing right now. pretty neck and neck from reliable pol...