Polls show Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin remain neck-and-neck ahead of next week's Virginia governor's race, but Democrats lead in early voting.
Virginia gubernatorial candidates Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin remain neck-and-neck ahead of next week's highly competitive race for governor but Democrats lead in early voting.
McAuliffe, the former Democratic governor who is seeking a comeback, leads his Republican opponent Youngkin by one percentage point in aMcAuliffe hit 49% among likely voters polled while Youngkin was close behind at 48%, well within the poll's margin of error of four percentage points. The poll was conducted from Oct. 20 to 26.
The race for governor in the commonwealth is much closer than Democrats had hoped, especially given their winning streak in statewide races since 2012 and President Joe Biden's 10 percentage point win over former President Donald Trump in last year's election. Voters do not register by party in Virginia but TargetSmart predicts partisanship based on data from previous elections.
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