RadioOnFire.com - We now have new governors-elect of New Jersey and Virginia – along with a whole bunch of new data on where the Democratic and Republican parties currently stand in American politics.
Election Day 2017 is just about in the books, with Democrats Phil Murphy and Ralph Northam winning the governor's mansions in New Jersey and Virginia, respectively. The latter won the biggest and most closely watched race of the night, giving Democrats a shot in the arm after a tough electoral year. And plenty of signs on Tuesday pointed to a very good night for Democrats.
It’s become clear that Democrats have the momentum across the country. That’s apparent most notably in special elections, where they’ve very often beaten their 2016 presidential election performance, and also on the generic congressional ballot, where they lead in a few recent polls by double digits.
But they’ve thus far been unable to win the big one, and that has led to plenty of grumbling about their ability to actually win when it counts. Their loss in a special congressional election in Georgia was particularly painful, given they invested tens of millions of dollars in a conservative-leaning suburban Atlanta district but still did no better than Hillary Clinton did there in 2016. Northam's win in Virginia should give Democrats confidence that they aren't totally feckless with the spotlight of the political world upon them.
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