More Virginia voters pulled lever in response to Trump administration than Confederate monuments

More than one in five voters in Virginia’s recent gubernatorial election say they made their decision in response to the Trump administration, according to a new poll by the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Offered a range of seven issue areas, a 22 percent plurality of those who reported casting ballots in November said the most important factor driving their vote was responding to the Trump administration, according to the Winter 2017-18 Public Policy Poll conducted by the Wilder School’s Office of Public Policy Outreach. CONT.

Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth U.