also flipped a couple of those suburbs, chester county outside of richmond, stafford county outside d.c. democrats weren't able to -- even though they increased turnout, they weren't able to keep pace with the gop increase and turnout. that's a trifecta for republicans, a triple whammy for democrats. in addition to covid and economy, which were the two biggest issues for voters, this education issue we keep talking about, which is not about how well kids read or write or how well they do in chemistry, it's about race and race history. that turned out a lot of parents in virginia who have long been frustrated for the past 18 months. >> peter, i think what got lost here, tuesday's elections were all on democratic terms, whether it's cities or the two states that are light blue and dark blue or so we thought, on those things. and whenever there was a choice from seattle to buffalo, a progressive and non-progressive, but still left of center, voters even in the cities picked left of center. >> that's right. that was true in new york city and a lot of other districts and places in long islan