{"id":2262164,"date":"2024-06-07T11:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T15:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-puts-itself-on-the-electoral-map-as-trump-cuts-into-bidens-edge-poll\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T11:25:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T15:25:22","slug":"virginia-puts-itself-on-the-electoral-map-as-trump-cuts-into-bidens-edge-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-puts-itself-on-the-electoral-map-as-trump-cuts-into-bidens-edge-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia emerges as a key player in the electoral map as Trump narrows Biden&#8217;s lead: 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\">32<\/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%2Fvirginia-puts-itself-on-the-electoral-map-as-trump-cuts-into-bidens-edge-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=2262164&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 recent\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">poll<\/a> suggests President Joe Biden faces\u200c challenges in retaining Virginia,\u2062 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-health-department-nurse-claims-fourth-graders-experiment-with-anal-sex\/\" title=\"Indiana Health Department Nurse Claims Fourth Graders Experiment with Anal Sex\">traditionally blue state<\/a>. The Fox News survey\u200d reveals a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fake-kamala-got-loomered-laura-loomer-catches-kamala-harris-body-double-at-palm-beach-polling-place-video-photos\/\" title=\"FAKE KAMALA GOT LOOMERED! --Laura Loomer Catches Kamala Harris BODY DOUBLE at Palm Beach Polling Place! (VIDEO -PHOTOS)\">tight race<\/a>, with Biden and Donald Trump tied at 48%. \u200cTrump&#8217;s strong support stems\u200b from white evangelical Christians (80%), rural voters (63%), and those without a college degree (56%). Independents slightly favor Biden. Biden leads Trump by 1% in a three-way race.  <\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/polls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>poll<\/a> shows President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> may be in trouble holding onto the blue-leaning state of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Virginia<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fox-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Fox News<\/em><\/a>  poll of Virginia voters found that in a two-way match between Biden and former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, each garners 48% of the vote. Biden won Virginia by 10 points in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s support mainly comes from white evangelical Christians at 80%, rural voters at 63%, and voters without a college degree at 56%.<\/p>\n<p>Independents favored Biden 45% to Trump\u2019s 43%. <\/p>\n<p>When polled with third-party candidates, Biden led Trump 42%-41%. Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. garnered 9%, pulling more from Trump voters than Biden. However, Biden lost more overall because of the 2% garnered by both unaffiliate Cornel West and the Green Party\u2019s Jill Stein. As of now, no third-party candidates are on the ballot in Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">felony conviction<\/a> would influence their vote, 66% of those polled said it would not matter and 33% said it would matter. Those who said the conviction matters favored Biden by 41 points, while those who said it did not matter favored Trump by a smaller 21-point margin. Over half of those polled said the trial was fair.<\/p>\n<p>The poll comes as the Trump campaign has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3025813\/trump-closing-gap-biden-reliably-blue-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>eyeing Virginia<\/a>, the once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-corrupted-software-that-stole-6000-votes-from-trump-in-michigan-county-shut-down-for-two-hours-in-red-counties-in-georgia-on-election-day\/\" title=\"Update: Corrupted Software that Stole 6,000 Votes From Trump in Michigan County -- Shut Down for TWO HOURS in Red Counties in Georgia on Election Day\">swing state<\/a>, as an opportunity for <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2993512\/trump-campaign-puts-minnesota-virginia-back-in-play-flip-red\/(opens%20in%20a%20new%20tab)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>a red flip<\/a>. The last time a Republican won the presidency in Virginia was former President George W. Bush in 2004. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden is so weak, and Democrats are in such disarray, that not only is President Trump dominating in every traditional battleground state, but longtime blue states such as Minnesota, Virginia, and New Jersey are now in play,\u201d Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4696781-trump-is-posing-a-real-threat-to-biden-in-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/05\/06\/can-trump-win-virginia\/73588346007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>lost <\/a>Virginia by more than 212,000 votes. In 2020, he lost by a greater margin of 451,000 votes. Virginia is a must-win state for Biden in what is expected to be a close presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the Biden campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/annandaletoday.com\/biden-campaign-opens-an-office-in-annandale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>opened<\/a> its first office in Northern Virginia.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent Fox News poll of Virginia voters, President Joe Biden faces a tough challenge in retaining the blue-leaning state. The survey indicates a tight race, with both Biden and former President Donald Trump garnering 48% support in a two-way match. Despite Biden&#8217;s 10-point victory in 2020, Trump&#8217;s backing is notably strong<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2262165,"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\/06\/biden-trump-1024x619.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2262164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/biden-trump-1024x619.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262164","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2262164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2262164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2262165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2262164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2262164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2262164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}