The Virginia governor’s contest is now a referendum on Biden as much as Trump

McAuliffe has been trying to get those potential voters off the fence by linking his opponent to former president Donald Trump. But this strategy hasn’t worked, at least so far. Youngkin comes across as an affable suburban dad who, unlike Trump, you’d trust to look after your daughter for the weekend. He’s temperamentally closer to Mitt Romney than Trump. Putting up a Youngkin yard sign in the affluent suburbs outside D.C. isn’t going to heighten neighborhood tensions the way a Trump sign would have last year.