Glenn Youngkin has caught Terry McAuliffe. But to beat him in next week’s race for governor of Virginia, Youngkin needs to close the deal with key groups of crossover voters and other segments of the electorate that keyed Virginia’s sharp break to the left in recent years. Three of the […] Read more »
Fox News poll aside, Virginia’s gubernatorial race is too close to call
Sometimes, a poll shows a result so stunning that it generates headline on top of headline. That was certainly the case with a Fox News poll released Thursday that showed Republican Glenn Youngkin with an 8-point lead over Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Virginia’s gubernatorial race. But while Youngkin has certainly […] Read more »
How scary are the new Virginia polls for Democrats?
A Virginia governor’s race that was already giving Democrats heartburn is suddenly upping the agita. After polls for weeks showed Republican Glenn Youngkin (R) and former governor Terry McAuliffe (D) effectively tied, a new one released Thursday night by Fox News showed Youngkin ahead by eight points. … By Friday […] Read more »
Virginia governor’s race a toss-up as Election Day nears, Post-Schar School poll finds
Virginia’s race for governor is a toss-up as Tuesday’s election draws near, with 49 percent of likely voters favoring Democrat Terry McAuliffe and 48 percent favoring Republican Glenn Youngkin, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll. … Youngkin is fueled by an 18-point advantage among independent likely voters, up from […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Youngkin pulls ahead of McAuliffe among Virginia likely voters
Republican Glenn Youngkin has moved ahead of Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia governor’s race, less than a week before the election. McAuliffe receives 45 percent to Youngkin’s 53 percent in a new Fox News survey of Virginia likely voters. Youngkin’s eight-point advantage is outside the poll’s margin of sampling […] Read more »
4 things to watch in the Virginia governor’s race
Next week’s bellwether gubernatorial election in Virginia between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican newcomer Glenn Youngkin has all the makings of a nail-biter, with the two most recent polls showing the race essentially tied. This should have been a cakewalk for McAuliffe. Joe Biden won the state by 10 points […] Read more »