Poll Shows Tightening Statewide Races in Virginia
A new VCU Wilder School Commonwealth Poll shows Spanberger leads 49% to 42% with nearly 90% of Democrats backing her amid a tightening race.
- A new VCU Wilder School Commonwealth Poll released this week shows Abigail Spanberger leading Winsome Earle-Sears 49% to 42%, narrowing from a 9-point lead in September to seven points now.
- Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg headlined a rally to mobilize volunteers, while revelations about Jay Jones's 2022 texts reshaped the attorney general contest.
- Among independent voters, Spanberger leads 35% to 24%, with 20% undecided, while nearly nine in 10 Democrats and a similar share of Republicans consolidate behind their bases.
- Both sides say turnout will decide the outcome, analysts still classify the governor's race as a likely Spanberger victory, and the attorney general race remains a toss-up that could decide which party leads.
- As the campaign enters the final stretch before Nov. 4, former President Barack Obama launched a TV ad for Abigail Spanberger and will join her Norfolk campaign stop on Nov. 1.
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Spanberger still leads Earle-Sears, according to latest VCU poll
RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) -- Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Government and Public Affairs released data Tuesday showing that Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger has a 7% lead over Republican candidate Winsome Earle-Sears in Virginia's Gubernatorial race, according to its latest poll. Spanberger's lead over Earle-Sears is down from VCU's September Commonwealth poll, which showed Spanberger leading with a 9-point margin. The Democrati…
Spanberger’s lead narrows as Virginia races tighten in new VCU poll
Democrat Abigail Spanberger holds a 7-point lead over Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in Virginia’s 2025 governor’s race, according to a new Commonwealth Poll released Tuesday by the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth…
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