Todd guessed such a high number expressed a lack of confidence in next year's midterms, and his guest, University of Virginia Center for Politics Director Larry Sabato, agreed. "This is just another indicator that Democrats will probably have a bad year in 2022," said Sabato, adding, "They only have a majority of five. It's pretty tough to see how they hold on."On the full Meet the Press Sunday, Todd in an ostensibly unrelated segment interviewed 1619 Project author and New York Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones about Republican efforts in some states to ban teaching of her work. He detoured to ask about the Virginia governor's race, which seemingly was decided on the question, "How influential should parents be about curriculum?" Given that Democrats lost Virginia after candidate Terry McAuliffe said, "I don't think parents should be telling schools what to teach," Todd asked her, "How do we do this?"