Democratic shutdown is a political winner in Virginia

Shutdown Strategy Pays Off: How Democrats Mastered The Message, Tipped The Virginia Race

As the government shutdown is in its fifth week, the messaging strategy employed by Democrats appears to have delivered a significant political victory, helping former Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger defeat Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle Sears in the closely watched Virginia gubernatorial election. The success of the Democratic narrative, which has pinned the blame for […] Shutdown Strategy Pays Off: How Democrats Mastered The Message, Tip…

Democratic shutdown is a political winner in Virginia

McLEAN, VA — Greenberries, the independent coffee shop in this tony suburb of Washington, D.C., is bustling at 10 a.m. on Election Day 2025. One reason: the federal government shutdown, currently on Day 35, has left many government workers furloughed, and thus with nowhere else to be. The 2025 shutdown has avoided media attention, perhaps because Democrats caused it, and public attention, perhaps because of massive news exhaustion, but here in N…