{"id":871833,"date":"2021-10-12T15:59:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T19:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=871833"},"modified":"2021-10-12T15:59:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T19:59:05","slug":"obama-to-campaign-for-mcauliffe-in-tightening-virginia-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-to-campaign-for-mcauliffe-in-tightening-virginia-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama To Campaign For McAuliffe In Tightening Virginia Race"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fobama-to-campaign-for-mcauliffe-in-tightening-virginia-race%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=871833&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Obama-1-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Former President Barack Obama will campaign in Virginia for Democrat gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe. Democrats have increasingly expressed concern that McAuliffe will not win in the race against Republican challenger Glenn Youngkin.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Obama will appear with McAuliffe in Richmond on October 23, becoming the next major Democratic political figure to announce an appearance for the former Virginia governor. Both first lady Jill Biden and former Georgia governor candidate Stacey Abrams have also announced appearances.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Recent polls show the race tightening between McAuliffe and Youngkin, a Virginia businessman who launched his gubernatorial campaign in January and won the Republican nomination in May.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>One poll from Christopher Newport University showed McAuliffe with an edge over Youngkin, leading 49% to 45%, but within the margin of error. <\/span><span>As Politico <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/10\/10\/james-carville-terry-mcauliffe-virginia-ads-515737\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>, one of McAuliffe\u2019s recent fundraising emails asked recipients, \u201cAre we blowing this?\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course there\u2019s a growing fear that we\u2019ll lose this race and if we lost it would have huge ramifications,\u201d a Democratic strategist said <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/576392-planned-obama-appearance-points-to-democratic-concerns-about-virginia\">according<\/a> to the Hill. \u201cIt would be a huge embarrassment for Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>Youngkin\u2019s campaign has targeted McAuliffe\u2019s positions on public schools and he says he wants to give parents a greater voice in their children\u2019s education.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTerry McAuliffe is scared because Virginians are roundly rejecting 40-year politician Terry McAuliffe\u2019s plans to defund the police, strip parents of their rights to have a say in their children\u2019s education, and to fire people who don\u2019t follow his authoritarian vaccine mandates, so his response is to bring in more politicians to help draw a crowd larger than 12 people,\u201d Macaulay Porte, a spokesman for Youngkin <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/576300-obama-to-hit-the-campaign-trail-for-mcauliffe\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> in a statement to the Hill.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cGlenn Youngkin is an outsider focused on delivering for the people of Virginia and making the state the best place to live, work, and raise a family,\u201d Porte added.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The race, now only weeks away, has been labeled as a \u201ctoss up\u201d by the Cook Political Report \u2014 a non-partisan political analysis organization \u2014 which says may be linked to greater enthusiasm for Youngkin.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThat could change before November 2, much as it did in California in the closing weeks of the race,\u201d Jessica Taylor, a Cook analyst <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2021\/sep\/25\/cook-political-report-moves-virginia-governors-rac\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> according to the Washington Times.\u201cBut Youngkin is far more difficult to make a boogeyman than replacement frontrunner Larry Elder was, whose gaffes and comments were golden gifts for Gov. Gavin Newsom.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Recent comments seem to indicate that McAuliffe also might be worried that the unpopularity of President Joe Biden may affect his own bid for governor.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe are facing a lot of headwinds from Washington, as you know,\u201d the candidate told supporters on a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1445529299289665542\"><span>video call<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cThe president is unpopular today, unfortunately, here in Virginia, so we have got to plow through.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While the official election day is on November 2, many have already cast their ballots through early voting. According to the Virginia Public Access Project, 288, 403 people <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vpap.org\/elections\/early-voting\/\"><span>have<\/span><\/a><span> already voted.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The project noted that 179, 457 did in-person early voting, while 108, 946 had sent in ballots via mail. The total early voting is already more than 90,000 voters than in 2017. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Barack Obama will campaign in Virginia for Democrat gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe. 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