{"id":2255018,"date":"2024-05-29T13:07:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T17:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-and-trump-tied-in-virginia-putting-blue-state-in-play-roanoke-college-poll\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T13:09:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T17:09:14","slug":"biden-and-trump-tied-in-virginia-putting-blue-state-in-play-roanoke-college-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-and-trump-tied-in-virginia-putting-blue-state-in-play-roanoke-college-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden and Trump tied in Virginia, making the blue state competitive: Roanoke College Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-and-trump-tied-in-virginia-putting-blue-state-in-play-roanoke-college-poll%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2255018&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnells-betrayal-hurts-the-nation-goodwin\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell\u2019s betrayal hurts the nation\">recent survey<\/a> in Virginia indicated a tie between President Joe \u2063Biden \u200dand \u2064former \u200cPresident Donald Trump, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-shows-growing-democratic-opposition-to-cheap-labor-migration\/\" title=\"Poll Shows Growing Democratic Opposition to Cheap Labor Migration\">significant shift<\/a> from the state&#8217;s previous Democratic leanings. The poll by \u200cRoanoke College showed both candidates at 42%, with Biden slightly leading at 40% in a broader field. Trump&#8217;s improved standing marked his best in the poll. Virginia, typically Democratic, has shown potential for Republican influence since Governor Glenn Youngkin&#8217;s win in \u20622021.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A new survey of likely voters released on Wednesday shows President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> and former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> tied in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Virginia<\/a>, a dramatic turn in a state that went blue by 10 points in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The poll from the Institute for Policy and Opinion Research at Roanoke College showed Biden and Trump at 42% each among Virginians. But when other candidates are included in the survey Biden takes a slight advantage, 40% to Trump\u2019s 38%. Although, that figure is within the poll\u2019s 4.24% margin of error.<\/p>\n<p>This marks Trump\u2019s best showing in the Roanoke College poll to date. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roanoke.edu\/news\/rc_poll_politics_feb_2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-trust-non-mainstream-news-sources-as-much-as-mainstream-survey\/\" title=\"Americans Trust \u2018Non-Mainstream\u2019 News Sources As Much As \u2018Mainstream\u2019: Survey\">previous poll<\/a><\/a> from the college released days before Super Tuesday showed Biden leading Trump 47% to 43%. One caveat is that Nikki Haley was still challenging Trump for the GOP nomination prior to Super Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Biden easily carried Virginia in 2020 with 54% of the vote to Trump\u2019s 44%.<\/p>\n<p>Just 2% of likely voters said they are undecided, while 14% said they would vote for a non-Biden or Trump candidate in a two-way race. In a five-way race, 20% of voters said they would vote for a non-Biden or Trump candidate. <\/p>\n<p>Among those voters who said they would vote for another candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. garners 8%, Jill Stein 3%, and Cornel West 1%, while 8% said they would vote for other.<\/p>\n<p>Blue-leaning Virginia has voted for Democrats in the presidential election since former President Barack Obama flipped the state in 2008. <\/p>\n<p>But when current Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) flipped the governor\u2019s mansion in 2021 it gave Republicans hope that the Old Dominion could be in play in 2024. Virginia has long been seen as a bellwether state that tracks the mood of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign told GOP donors earlier this month that Virginia and Minnesota could flip back to the GOP, though Biden campaign officials dismissed the remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Yet a Roanoke College expert gave some credence to the Trump campaign\u2019s claims. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese results suggest that Virginia could be \u2018in play\u2019 in November,\u201d said Harry Wilson, senior political analyst for IPOR and professor emeritus of political science at Roanoke College. \u201cBut five months is an eternity in politics. This tie or two-point lead seems dramatic, but they are within the margin of error of the results of the February 2024 and November 2023 Roanoke College Polls. Still, it seems that Trump is narrowing Biden\u2019s lead, which has all but disappeared.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>In a warning sign for Biden, those who participated in the survey were more likely to view the Trump years as mostly good for the country at 44%, while 33% said the Trump years were mostly bad. In contrast, 25% viewed the Biden years as mostly good, while 47% said the Biden years were mostly bad.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are also more enthusiastic about the Trump years, with 87% seeing them as mostly good, while only 50% of Democrats said the Biden years were mostly good.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-donald-trump-job-approval-shifts-to-52-percent\/\" title=\"Poll: Donald Trump Job Approval Shifts to 52 Percent\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-poll-finds-newsoms-job-approval-ratings-plunge-amid-looming-recall\/\" title=\"New Poll Finds Newsom\u2019s Job Approval Ratings Plunge Amid Looming Recall\">job approval<\/a> remains<\/a> at 35%, while Youngkin\u2019s job approval is at 52% and Congress\u2019s job approval is at 19%. Biden\u2019s 61% disapproval rating remains at an all-time Roanoke College Poll disapproval high from February. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Participants cited the economy as the most important issue at 44%, followed by immigration at 14%, abortion at 13%, foreign affairs at 8%, and crime at 5%.  <\/p>\n<p>The poll interviewed 711 likely voters in Virginia between May 12 and May 21.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent survey revealed President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump tied in Virginia, a significant shift in a state that favored blue by 10 points in 2020. The Institute for Policy and Opinion Research at Roanoke College poll depicted both candidates at 42% among Virginians, marking a notable development<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2255019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MixCollage-15-May-2024-01-28-PM-6221.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2255018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MixCollage-15-May-2024-01-28-PM-6221.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2255018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2255019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2255018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2255018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2255018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}