The Virginia governor’s race has always been treated as a referendum on the White House incumbent. The result this time — with Democrat Terry McAuliffe losing to his Republican opponent, Glenn Youngkin, a year after Biden swept the state by 10 percentage points — amounts to a referendum squared. US politics is considerably more nationalised than it has ever been, which makes this a terrible result for the president. The message to him from Virginia is to turn things around before it is too late.
弗吉尼亚州州长选举一直被看作是对白宫现任政府的公投。这一次的结果——民主党人特里•麦考利夫(Terry McAuliffe)败给共和党对手格伦•扬金(Glenn Youngkin)，而一年前拜登(Biden)以10个百分点的巨大优势赢下该州——相当于公投的平方。美国政治的全国化程度比以往大幅提高，意味着这对总统而言是个很糟糕的结果。弗吉尼亚州给他的讯息是，要在事态无可挽回之前扭转形势。
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