LAST NIGHT WE HAD AN ELECTION NOT ONLY LOCALLY BUT IN MANY PLACES ACROSS THE
NATION. THE PROFESSOR OF
POLITICAL SCIENCE, THE CHAIR
OF THE POLITICAL SCIENCE AND
GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT AT UTSA
JOHN TAYLOR JOINS US NOW.
WE ALWAYS LOVE TO LEAN ON YOUR
INSIGHT. PROFESSOR TAYLOR WHEN
IT COMES TO WHAT HAPPENED
LAST NIGHT THE SPECIAL ELECTION
IN BEXAR COUNTY THAT WAS WON BY
A REPUBLICAN. REPUBLICANS ARE TOUTING ITS A PRECURSOR DEMOCRATS ARE BASICALLY SAYING
NOT SO FAST
YOUR TAKE ON WHAT HAPPENED IN
THE END WITH THE JOHN LIU HAN
VICTORY LAST NIGHT.
>> THAT’S THE OLD THEY’RE ALL OKAY. SO LET’S YOU KNOW, LET’S LET’S ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BIT
HERE BECAUSE DISTRICT ONE A
TEAM THAT WAS PROBABLY THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT ELECTED OFFICE
A RACE FROM YESTERDAY IN OUR
AREA BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT
ACROSS THE COUNTRY NATIONWIDE A
LOT OF TALK ABOUT VIRGINIA AND
THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE
WONDERING WHY SO EXPLAIN THAT
RACE IN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT.
>> ISIS IS IT THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE SAYING THE PROBLEM THAT MCAULIFFE HAD AS HE
MADE IT. A REFERENDUM ON TRUMP
WHO IS NO LONGER PRESIDENT
AND YOUNGKIN WAS DEALING MORE
WITH MORE THE LOCAL ISSUES THAT
VIRGINIANS DEAL WITH.
>> LET’S TALK ABOUT THOSE WHO SAID NEED TO SLOW THEIR ROLL. I MEAN ANYBODY WHO IS LOOKING
AT COVERAGE POST-ELECTION
COVERAGE TODAY. A BIG TAKE AWAY
IS THAT THIS IS A BAD SIGN FOR
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
DO YOU FEEL THAT WAY AND IF SO
WHY WHY NOT.
>> JOHN YOU TALKED ABOUT YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S SAGGING APPROVAL NUMBERS, I
MEAN IT AT THAT THAT HAS TO
DRAG DOWN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
THOUGH ALONG WITH THE FACT THEY
CONTROL BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE
SENATE IT SEEMS LIKE A
LOT OF WHAT BIDEN PROMISED
ISN’T GETTING PAST.
>> YOU TALK ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE POLITICAL CYCLE IN GENERAL I’M CURIOUS IF YOU THINK THAT
THERE IS ANYTHING REALLY UNIQUE
ABOUT WHAT WE SAW PLAY OUT LAST
NIGHT AND THE TONE TODAY REALLY
I MEAN IN TERMS OF
HAVING A DEMOCRAT ELECTED
PRESIDENT AND THEN SEEING SOME
OF THE REPUBLICAN SHIFT IS THAT
UNIQUE IN AN ELECTION LIKE THIS
ESPECIALLY.
>> PROFESSOR JOHN TAYLOR, THE CHAIR OF THE POLITICAL SCIENCE AND GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT AT
UTSA ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR
TIME,