Virginia voters -- including African-Americans -- got Northam's back

[DonViejo]

A pair of new polls show the embattled governor seems to have weathered his blackface scandal.

By STEVEN SHEPARD 02/20/2019 09:08 AM EST Updated 02/20/2019 09:23 AM EST

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam appears to have quelled any widespread public clamor for his resignation in the wake of his blackface scandal.

Two new polls out Wednesday show pluralities say the Democrat should not quit or be forced out over a racist photo that appeared on his medical-school yearbook page 35 years ago. Most African-American voters agree that he shouldn't go, according to one of the surveys.

In a Quinnipiac University poll, 42 percent of voters say Northam should resign — but more, 48 percent, say he shouldn’t. White voters are split evenly — 46 percent say he should resign, and the same percentage say he shouldn’t — but a majority of black voters, 56 percent, say Northam should not quit.

Even fewer Virginians say Northam should resign in a second poll out Wednesday, conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs for the University of Virginia Center for Politics. In that poll, which surveyed adults in the commonwealth, only 31 percent say Northam should resign, compared to 43 percent who say he shouldn’t.

Both polls show scant support for impeaching Northam. In the Quinnipiac poll, only 26 percent say Northam should be impeached, while nearly two-in-three voters, 65 percent, say he shouldn't. In the Ipsos/U-Va. poll, just 21 percent say the General Assembly should remove Northam, while 56 percent say state legislators shouldn't impeach the governor.

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[Va Lefty]

1. The Ipsos poll has Traitor don's approval at 25% here

[phylny]

2. When asked, I've said that as a white woman, I should not be the "one"

deciding if he stays or goes. If my fellow Virginians, especially people of color, wanted him out, I would not disagree. However, I am well aware of how Republicans in the Commonwealth want to wrest control of government, and we are so close to having a complete majority. So, I guess what I'm saying is that I feel people can and do change, and Northam's actions as a governor are what's most important to me, not what he did a half a life ago.

[Blue_Tires]

3. Well, let's be honest...

If Northam goes then a whole lot of other people have to go and nobody wants to have that conversation...

[rogue emissary]

4. This poll is predicting a disaster for Va Democrats.

When you win the African American vote in the high eighties low nineties two years ago. Now half of us say you should resign. When Northam leaves office. Va is going to flip red and I don't want people on DU to complain how could this happen. Many of us have been warning you guys that he's got to go.