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The 5 key groups fueling Youngkin's rise
PoliticoThree of the final surveys ahead of Tuesday’s election showed levels of strength for Youngkin, the Republican, that would have been surprising only weeks before: Christopher Newport University and Washington Post-Schar School polls depicted a tied race, and a Fox News poll had the GOP nominee up by a whopping 8 points among likely voters, in a state President Joe Biden carried by 10 points a year ago.
Independents are flocking to Youngkin
In a polarized environment, Youngkin has staked his claim to the middle of the electorate: voters who don’t identify with either party. In three surveys released this week, Youngkin had 7- , 22- and 18-point leads among independents.
In a polarized environment, Youngkin has staked his claim to the middle of the electorate: voters who don’t identify with either party. In three surveys released this week, Youngkin had 7- , 22- and 18-point leads among independents.
Parents emerge as key amid education battle
Youngkin has hung his campaign on education, and it’s working. Traditionally a Democratic strength, the GOP nominee has flipped the script, blanketing the airwaves and peppering his stump speeches in recent weeks with pledges to increase K-12 funding and raise standards — and curb perceived liberal excesses, like rolling back protections for transgender students and restricting how individual public schools should teach subjects around race and ethnicity.
Youngkin has hung his campaign on education, and it’s working. Traditionally a Democratic strength, the GOP nominee has flipped the script, blanketing the airwaves and peppering his stump speeches in recent weeks with pledges to increase K-12 funding and raise standards — and curb perceived liberal excesses, like rolling back protections for transgender students and restricting how individual public schools should teach subjects around race and ethnicity.
Biden’s 2020 voters are fraying at the edges — and Trump’s aren’t
Polls suggest he is peeling away some Biden voters — or, rather, McAuliffe is struggling to unite all of those who backed the Democrat in the last presidential race. In the Washington Post-Schar School poll, McAuliffe is winning nearly 9-in-10 Biden voters, 89 percent. But Youngkin is capturing 99 percent of Trump voters, plus 6 percent of Biden voters.
Polls suggest he is peeling away some Biden voters — or, rather, McAuliffe is struggling to unite all of those who backed the Democrat in the last presidential race. In the Washington Post-Schar School poll, McAuliffe is winning nearly 9-in-10 Biden voters, 89 percent. But Youngkin is capturing 99 percent of Trump voters, plus 6 percent of Biden voters.
The Trump base is ready to show up
Polls show Youngkin winning virtually every Trump voter who says he or she is planning to participate next week, but his ability to bring the former president’s base along while keeping Trump at arm’s length is even more impressive than that.
Polls show Youngkin winning virtually every Trump voter who says he or she is planning to participate next week, but his ability to bring the former president’s base along while keeping Trump at arm’s length is even more impressive than that.
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