McAuliffe, Youngkin locked in tight race for Virginia governor, Post-Schar School poll finds

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Virginia Politics

McAuliffe, Youngkin locked in tight race for Virginia governor, Post-Schar School poll finds

By Gregory S. Schneider, Laura Vozzella, Scott Clement and Emily Guskin
Yesterday at 5:08 p.m. EDT

RICHMOND — Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin are locked in a tight race for Virginia governor, with McAuliffe standing at 50 percent to 47 percent for Youngkin among likely voters in a Washington Post-Schar School poll.

Among registered voters, McAuliffe has a 49 percent to 43 percent edge over Youngkin — but neither lead is statistically significant. The smaller margin among people likely to vote, combined with a low percentage of voters who say they plan to vote early, suggests that Democrats could face an enthusiasm gap and a challenge boosting turnout to the high levels of the past four years.

“There’s an intensity deficit here for the Democrats compared to where they were … during the Trump era,” said Mark Rozell, dean of the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, which co-sponsored the poll. “This tells me it’s a toss-up election right now.”

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Clement and Guskin reported from Washington.

[bearsfootball516]

1. "There's an intensity deficit here for the Democrats"

That's what they said about the California recall election too. Then in the final month, Democrats got engaged and it opened up.

[JohnSJ]

2. What I think many minimized in California was that California mails out postage paid ballots

to every registered voter in the state, and the number of registered Democrats in California exceeds the number of registered republicans 45% to 23%

[mopinko]

3. agreed.

i think we're all sick of politics. wait a few weeks.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. Virginia's gubernatorial elections occur the year after presidential elections.

Voting in this election has already started.

Thanks for writing.

[mopinko]

6. i looked through the article for dates.

should have looked at the early voting dates. that's a long period.
that's good.

[Lovie777]

4. If the numbers were reversed . ..

it would considered a command lead for the republican.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. Meanwhile, this is happening.

Large turnout at #rightolife gathering in #Richmond VA

Link to tweet

Hundreds rally at Capitol in third Virginia March for Life
Hundreds gathered outside the state Capitol on Friday to rally and march for an end to abortion and encourage people to get to the polls in the fall election.
richmond.com