{"id":2363114,"date":"2024-11-02T09:37:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T13:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-has-momentum-in-virginia-gaining-on-harris-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-02T09:37:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T13:37:38","slug":"trump-has-momentum-in-virginia-gaining-on-harris-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-has-momentum-in-virginia-gaining-on-harris-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump has \u2018momentum\u2019 in Virginia, gaining on Harris &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">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-has-momentum-in-virginia-gaining-on-harris-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=2363114&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 Donald Trump is gaining traction\u2063 in Virginia as suggested by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-axelrod-says-2024-race-is-still-absolutely-trumps-to-lose-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"David Axelrod says 2024 race is still \u2018absolutely\u2019 Trump\u2019s to lose - Washington Examiner\">recent polling data indicating<\/a> he\u200b is appealing \u200dto a crucial voting demographic: non<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">-college-educated\u2063 voters<\/a>. A new \u2064Cygnal survey reveals\u2063 that \u2063a victory for Trump \u200bin the upcoming election may be within reach, particularly since voters in Virginia express a generally favorable opinion of the state\u2019s Republican Governor, Glenn Youngkin. However, Vice President Kamala Harris remains competitive, leading Trump by 7 points thanks to strong support \u2063among college-educated voters, a \u2064demographic that Biden struggled with in 2020. Despite a Roanoke College poll showing Trump trailing Harris by 10\u2062 points, his campaign continues, with an\u200c upcoming rally planned\u2062 in southern Virginia.\u200d Analysts suggest Harris may underperform with younger voters compared\u200d to \u2063Biden\u200c and \u2063Clinton, indicating potential shifts in voter sentiment as the election approaches.  <\/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 has &lsquo;momentum&rsquo; in Virginia, gaining on Harris<\/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_1870977\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Virginia<\/a> victory <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">on Tuesday may be within reach for former Pres<\/span>ident&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Donald-Trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>, according to new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-gop-campaign-chief-to-democrats-you-can-either-retire-or-lose-next-fall\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 House GOP Campaign Chief to Democrats: \u2018You Can Either Retire, or Lose Next Fall\u2019\">polling data showing<\/a> that he is winning over a key voting group.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cygn.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/22700-Cygnal-VA-Public-Oct24-Deck.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Cygnal survey<\/a> shared with <em>Secrets<\/em> said that the Republican is gaining with non-college-educated voters, which is key to winning in the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n<p>What&rsquo;s more, Virginia is rare in which voters feel good about the direction under Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin.<\/p>\n<p>But in the commonwealth that hasn&rsquo;t picked a Republican presidential candidate in 20 years, Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Kamala-Harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a> also has some big positives, such as winning more college-educated voters than President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> did in 2020. And, said Cygnal, she leads Trump overall by seven points, 50%-43%.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is visiting southern Virginia Saturday, hosting a rally in Salem, which is on I-81 near Blacksburg, home to Virginia Tech, and just west of Roanoke.<\/p>\n<p>A Roanoke College poll released Friday showed Trump 10 points behind Harris, 51%-41%.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When all the dust settles this election, we will see that voters 18-29 are breaking from the norm. Harris will drastically underperform both Biden and Clinton with this group and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/morgonnm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@morgonnm<\/a> explains exactly why! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/694pgfTKix\">https:\/\/t.co\/694pgfTKix<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mitchell Brown (@MitchStoneBrown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MitchStoneBrown\/status\/1851352061792960812?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 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>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump continues to gain ground among non-college educated voters whereas Harris is performing on par with Clinton and Biden&rsquo;s number from 2016 and 2020,&rdquo; said Cygnal pollster and director of political strategy Mitch Brown.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Combine Trump&rsquo;s gains and Harris&rsquo; flatlines with the fact that 55% of Virginia voters think the Commonwealth is headed in the right direction and over 52% approve of the job Governor Youngkin is doing means the momentum is with Republicans with just to go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/election-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Election Day<\/a>,&rdquo; he added.<\/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>The Cygnal poll was also good news for Youngkin, who has a 52%-40% favorable to unfavorable rating.<\/p>\n<p>And it also showed that Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears is in the driver&rsquo;s seat in her bid to grab the GOP nomination to succeed Youngkin in Virginia&rsquo;s 2025 gubernatorial election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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_1870977\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1870977\"}});<\/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 is gaining momentum in Virginia, particularly among non-college-educated voters, according to new polling data<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2363115,"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\/11\/Trump-Virginia-Rally-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4021,13710,3634,5468],"class_list":["post-2363114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-harris","tag-momentum","tag-trump","tag-virginia"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Trump-Virginia-Rally-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363114","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=2363114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2363115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2363114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2363114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2363114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}