{"id":2299156,"date":"2024-07-18T09:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T13:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-cements-lead-over-biden-in-virginia-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T09:26:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T13:26:48","slug":"trump-solidifies-his-lead-over-biden-in-virginia-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-solidifies-his-lead-over-biden-in-virginia-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump solidifies his lead over Biden in Virginia &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Ftrump-solidifies-his-lead-over-biden-in-virginia-washington-examiner%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=2299156&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>Former President \u200cDonald Trump has increased his lead over President Joe Biden in the state of Virginia, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-gop-sen-david-perdue-in-runoff-battle-with-democrat-jon-ossoff\/\" title=\"Ga. GOP Sen. David Perdue in runoff battle with Democrat Jon Ossoff\">recent polls<\/a>. A new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-show-lockdowns-are-killing-more-people-than-the-virus\/\" title=\"How To Show Lockdowns Are Killing More People Than The Virus\">survey<\/a> by Emerson College Polling-Hill \u200bshows Trump at 45% and Biden at 43%,\u2064 while a previous Virginia Commonwealth University <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> had Trump ahead by \u200c39% to 36%. This shift in the traditionally Democratic-leaning state may explain\u2064 why\u200c Governor Glenn Youngkin was seated next to Trump \u200cat the recent GOP convention in Milwaukee.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump cements lead over Biden in Virginia<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1706051\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> has solidified his lead in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3087832\/virginia-is-in-play-senate-candidate-hung-cao\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Virginia,<\/a> with a second poll in three days out Thursday showing him up over President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/emersoncollegepolling.com\/virginia-2024-poll-trump-45-biden-43\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Emerson College Polling-<em>Hill <\/em>survey<\/a> has Trump at 45% and Biden at 43%.<\/p>\n<p>It follows a Virginia Commonwealth University survey earlier this week that gave Trump a lead of 39% to 36%.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Poll graphic courtesy of Emerson College Polling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;In a state Biden won by 10 points in 2020, the president is now essentially tied with Trump,&rdquo; said Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680;Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennYoungkin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GlennYoungkin<\/a> with the next President of the United States <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a>! &#127482;&#127480;&#127482;&#127480;&#127482;&#127480; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RNCinMKE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RNCinMKE<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#128248;: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/madibieds?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@madibieds<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lwpTtdmTl3\">pic.twitter.com\/lwpTtdmTl3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christian Martinez (@C_RMartinez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/C_RMartinez\/status\/1813745073923977456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The change in Virginia, a state Republicans last won in 2004 when former President George W. Bush was running for reelection, might help to explain why Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) was seated next to Trump at the GOP convention in Milwaukee last night.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Since breaking yesterday, results of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VCU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VCU<\/a> Wilder School Commonwealth Poll have been recognized across more than 250 news stories and media channels.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-poll-loren-culp-leads-anti-trump-impeachment-backer-dan-newhouse-in-washington-state\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Poll: Loren Culp Leads Anti-Trump Impeachment-Backer Dan Newhouse in Washington State\">full poll results<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ODH7Edr0w9\">https:\/\/t.co\/ODH7Edr0w9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/icDBQpaw8y\">pic.twitter.com\/icDBQpaw8y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; VCU Wilder School (@VCUWilderSchool) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VCUWilderSchool\/status\/1813677466655093194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Youngkin was eyed as a possible Trump running mate and is fast becoming a key ally of the Trump campaign. The former president chose Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his No. 2.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the new survey, Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-accuses-bidens-next-biggest-opponent-of-being-a-democrat-plant\/\" title=\"Trump claims Biden&#039;s main rival is a &#039;Democratic infiltrator.\">lead increases<\/a> to 5 points if third-party candidates such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are included.<\/p>\n<p>With Virginia in play, the paths to victory for Biden appear to be closing, though it is good to remember there are still over three months to Election Day.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1706051\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1706051\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump has increased his lead over Biden in Virginia, with a recent poll showing him ahead by 2 points. This marks a significant shift in a state that Biden won by a large margin in 2020. Governor Glenn Youngkin, who was seated next to Trump at a recent GOP convention, is emerging as a key ally of the Trump campaign. Despite Trump&#8217;s lead in Virginia, there is still time before the election for Biden to potentially turn the tide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2299157,"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\/07\/AP24200044005019-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,3634,5468],"class_list":["post-2299156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-trump","tag-virginia"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24200044005019-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299156","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\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2299156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2299157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2299156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2299156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2299156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}