Yes, Virginia (and the rest of the country), Donald Trump matters.
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One take away is that while Younkin didn't hold a rally with Trump where pictures of the two together could be emailed to timid moderates under the headline of "Youngkin is Trump's puppet" the idea that Trump stayed away is misleading. A better description is that Trump got his base motivated to back Youngkin while at the same time keeping his distance. This could be a potent strategy going forward in those swing states where there are as many Trump haters as supporters.
The bottom line is that it's not enough just to keep the Trump haters from voting against the GOP candidate. Without robust support from the Trump supporters a lot of these republican candidates will lose like Youngkin would have lost had he disrespected Trump and alienated his supporters.