The Republican Party under President Donald Trump has abandoned the practice. Glenn Youngkin is betting Virginia Republicans can be convinced otherwise.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin is trying to get Republican voters to do something they don’t love to do: cast their ballots early.
A sign promoting early voting in Virginia is seen in Glen Allen, Va., on Oct. 23, 2023. | Zach Montellaro/POLITICO Youngkin’s pleas to Republicans to embrace early voting could have significant ramifications heading into 2024, as the GOP looks to claw its way out of the deep hole it dug for itself. Many conservative campaign strategists say the party’s broad abandonment of early voting has been a major tactical mistake that has contributed to a yearslong string of losses on the federal and state level. Virginia Republicans hope success this year will serve as a roadmap for elections elsewhere next year.
If Youngkin and his early voting operation can succeed, it could have profound implications for the rest of the party — not just in Virginia, but nationally ahead of next year’s presidential election. | Zach Montellaro/POLITICO “We saw Republicans nationally recognizing that this was a big problem for them, that their voters were not taking advantage of the tactical opportunity,” he said at a briefing arranged by the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee last week.
The impact of that success, however, is still to be seen. Bonier asserted that the vast majority of Republicans voting early were already reliable GOP voters — that the party wasn’t turning out new, infrequent voters. The Republican National Committee has also launched its own early-voting program ahead of next year’s presidential contest. The RNC aired anBut Trump continues to rail against the voting method. And as the likely presidential nominee, he would be at the top of the ticket next year — raising further uncertainty about how effectively the party can convince its voters to cast a ballot early.
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