It is interesting to note that despite the high profile Democrats supporting Terry McAuliffe, he still lost. Obama, Biden, Kamala, Stacy Abrams, to name a few, came out to Virginia in an attempt to galvanize voters and push McAuliffe to victory. Despite this, Glenn Youngkin pulled off the victory against all odds.

This brings to light a fact that has continuously come out but fails to have any positive impact. It appears that local voters really do not care what out-of-state Democratic elites have to say. In fact, it does not really work when Republicans do it too. Voters want to know what the candidates have to say. Voters do not want to be manipulated by party leaders and partisans.

Do you think Obama's support helped McAuliffe? Do you think that coastal elites meddling in local and state elections works?