{"id":935019,"date":"2021-10-28T22:58:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T02:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=935019"},"modified":"2021-10-28T22:58:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T02:58:52","slug":"poll-republican-glenn-youngkin-ahead-of-democrat-terry-mcauliffe-by-8-points-in-virginia-governors-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-republican-glenn-youngkin-ahead-of-democrat-terry-mcauliffe-by-8-points-in-virginia-governors-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Republican Glenn Youngkin Ahead of Democrat Terry McAuliffe by 8 Points in Virginia Governor&#039;s 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\">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%2Fpoll-republican-glenn-youngkin-ahead-of-democrat-terry-mcauliffe-by-8-points-in-virginia-governors-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=935019&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\/McYoungkin-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Republican Glenn Youngkin has pulled ahead of Democrat Terry McAuliffe by eight points in the Virginia\u2019s governor\u2019s race, securing a sizable lead as the election stands less than a week away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/youngkin-ahead-virginia-voters\">Fox News Poll<\/a>&nbsp;shows that Youngkin\u2019s momentum has dramatically shifted over the course of two weeks, climbing up from a five-point deficit to take a commanding lead over McAuliffe \u2013 53 percent to 45 percent among likely voters.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Just two weeks ago, Youngkin trailed McAuliffe, 46 percent to 51 percent. Fox News noted:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11.680473372781\">\n<p class=\"speakable\">Likely voters are a subgroup of registered voters, identified mainly based on self-reported vote intention and interest in the election. Among the larger pool of registered voters, it\u2019s a one-point race: &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mcauliffe-draws-tiny-crowd-as-campaign-enters-final-stretch\">McAuliffe<\/a>&nbsp;47 percent vs. Youngkin 48 percent. &nbsp;Two weeks ago, McAuliffe led among registered voters by 11 points, 52-41 percent.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The dramatic shift largely stems from McAuliffe\u2019s position on education, which has been dismissive toward parental concerns regarding extremist views being pushed in the classroom, generating a spike in GOP enthusiasm. According to the poll, \u201c79 percent of Youngkin supporters are \u2018extremely\u2019 interested in the election compared to 69 percent of McAuliffe supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Youngkin has pledged to ban Critical Race Theory (CRT) in Virginia schools, while McAuliffe has charged Republicans with creating a phantom enemy. In the final debate, McAuliffe even went so far as to say that parents should not be \u201ctelling&nbsp;schools&nbsp;what they should teach.\u201d As The Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/campaign\/578885-education-blunder-igniting-suburban-parents-driving-mcauliffe-panic-in\">noted<\/a>, McAuliffe\u2019s comments have proved to be a costly blunder that has mobilized suburban parents.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The Hill exclaimed:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p class=\"speakable\">Those 10 words \u2013 deserving of a top listing in the Hall of Fame of Political Blunders \u2013 may prove to be the turning point in a race in which McAuliffe was expected to cruise to victory, especially since Joe Biden won the blue state by more than 10 points on his way to the presidency in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.84\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Terry McAuliffe: &#8220;I don&#8217;t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rs6pSWZw79\">pic.twitter.com\/rs6pSWZw79<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Corey A. DeAngelis (@DeAngelisCorey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeAngelisCorey\/status\/1453179215101181952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Democratic pollster Chris Anderson, who conducts the Fox News poll along with Republican Daron Shaw, said that McAuliffe would need a huge \u201cget out the vote effort\u201d if he wants to generate stronger momentum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the race essentially tied among the full registered voter universe, McAuliffe could still pull this off,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cBut it would take something big to ignite enthusiasm for McAuliffe\u2019s candidacy and a massively effective get out the vote effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daron Shaw concurred that education is clearly a top issue, with the poll showing that parents have swung from backing McAuliffe\u2019s position by 10 points all the way to supporting Youngkin by 14 points. Shaw said:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p>Education is a top issue, which is usually good news for the Democrats since they are typically seen as more capable in that domain. But Youngkin has turned the issue on its head so it\u2019s about curriculum and parent involvement rather than spending. The result is the GOP is currently preferred on perhaps the critical issue for this election.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More results from the poll:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"22\">\n<p>Among all likely voters, trust on education moved from McAuliffe by two points to Youngkin by eight.<\/p>\n<p>The survey finds similar shifts in the last two weeks on other issues measured.&nbsp; The candidates are roughly even on coronavirus (Youngkin +1).&nbsp; McAuliffe had been favored by 12 points.<\/p>\n<p>On the economy, more voters trust Youngkin by 11 points, while the candidates tied previously.<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin also comes out on top on handling crime (by 12 points).<\/p>\n<p>A majority of the small subgroup of independents prefers Youngkin, a reversal from earlier this month when they narrowly went for McAuliffe.&nbsp; Despite the group\u2019s small size, the Republican\u2019s current 22-point advantage is significant.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republicans have not won a statewide election in Virginia since 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The Fox News Poll interviewed 1,212 registered Virginia voters between&nbsp;October 24-27, 2021 under the joint direction of Beacon Research&nbsp;(D) and Shaw &amp; Company (R), with a margin of error of \u201cplus or minus 2.5 percentage points for the registered voter sample and 3 points for likely voters.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Glenn Youngkin has pulled ahead of Democrat Terry McAuliffe by eight points in the Virginia\u2019s governor\u2019s race, securing a sizable lead as the election stands less than a week &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-935019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935019","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=935019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=935019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=935019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=935019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}