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A key reason for all these victories was youth turnout. Young women, consistently the most liberal of any age and gender group in the Trump era, showed up and voted blue, reaffirming their position as the cornerstone of the Democratic base. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Peter Hamby
November 11, 2025

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In hindsight, the election in Virginia last week could have been called for Abigail Spanberger at 4 p.m. on Tuesday. Turnout numbers were coming in from Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, and they were blowing the doors off. By that afternoon hour, turnout had already surpassed 2024 presidential levels at all three of Virginia’s Tech’s campus precincts—a shocking threshold for an off-year election for governor.