People are saying that Critical Race Theory is what pushed Youngkin over the top in Virginia. The fact that it is only taught in law school and other post graduate studies didn't seem to bother the GOP base.
Last night I did hear something that made a lot of sense to me. When kids were zooming their studies at home, the parents saw what was being taught about American history and race relations. And they freaked the fuck out. Also they are mad about all the school related quarantines, masking, etc, etc. The GOP were able to wrap all that up in the CRT flag and it worked. Team blue has to figure this out in a hurry or we are fucked. The races last week were 12 points higher for the GOP than poling would indicate. If you impose those numbers on all the house races, we could lose 50 seats.