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Youngkin’s Winning Coalition Strategy
- Glenn Youngkin uniquely combined culture war rhetoric with appealing to suburban parents.
- He criticized CRT and pushed meritocracy concerns while promising investment in public education.
Class Dynamics in Education Politics
- Affluent parents mobilize around protecting racialized class inequalities, not destroying public schools.
- This differs from more radical privatization goals but still perpetuates inequity.
Teacher Bashing Enabled Culture Wars
- Bipartisan teacher bashing normalized distrust, making later extremist claims believable.
- Democratic leaders unintentionally paved the way for current culture war attacks.