Virginia’s off-year contests are the country’s only major races this year and could signal the national political mood heading into the 2024 presidential election.
With all 140 General Assembly seats on the ballot, Youngkin has prioritized winning full Republican control of the House of Delegates and state Senate
Those numbers are almost identical to Virginia Republican performance in the 2021 election for governor and the 2020 presidential race. Half of Democrats plan to vote in person on Election Day, while roughly the same share say they’ll vote early or have already voted.has driven big wins for Democrats in races around the country over the past year, and the issue is a significant motivator for Virginia voters as well.
“At a time when people are concerned about gasoline prices, grocery prices — they’re watching on the news every single day stories about crime in the cities — the Republicans seem to have the political message that people are feeling in their everyday lives,” he said. “So unless people perceive that there is a direct, immediate threat — and that’s the case Democrats have to make — to abortion rights, I think many of the swing voters will prioritize other issues.
Among independents, 52 percent want Virginia abortion laws to stay as they are, while 27 percent want them to be more strict and 18 percent want them to be less strict. Days after announcing his 15-week ban in June 2022, he indicated to a conservative group that he would push for stricter limits if Republicans won the General Assembly, promising to “
Candidates from both parties have sought to paint the other as extremists on a range of issues this year. Kinskey, who is retired from the Navy civil service and Army Reserve, said he has voted for Democrats in the past, including state Sen. Lionell Spruill Sr. .
split in March, and slightly better than what Democrat Ralph Northam had near the end of his term as governor .
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