The Democrats' loss in Virginia was bad for Joe Biden, but it could prove to be even worse for Donald Trump.
David A. Bateman, an associate professor of government at Cornell University, toldthat there was potential for another Republican to emerge as a credible alternative to Trump while continuing with former president's policies.
"More likely though is that he can spin the results as evidence that the country is turning against Democrats - if he can manage to acknowledge that they even turned towards them in the first place - and he can tell himself, not wrongly, that his endorsement of Youngkin andBateman said Trump doing this"would only strengthen the case for making a return in 2024."
"So I don't see it changing his calculations, but it does increase the number of potential challengers, not just Youngkin, but anyone who thinks they can keep Trump's coalition and policy agenda together while expanding it just enough," he said.Despite Trump's limited role in the Virginia race, the outcome shouldn't be seen as a rejection of his policies, according to Thomas Gift, founding director of University College London's Centre on U.S. Politics.
"Although there's an understandable temptation to view Youngkin's victory as a rejection of Trumpism within the GOP, this view misreads the kind of campaign Youngkin actually ran," Gift said.
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