Spanberger Leads Earle-Sears by 10 Points in the Race for Governor; Hashmi Leads Reid by 9 points in Lt. Governor Contest; Jones Leads Miyares by 6 Points in Attorney General Race
1. Democrat Abigail Spanberger leads Republican Winsome Earle-Sears by 10 points, 52% to 42% among Virginia likely voters; 6% remain undecided or don’t know.
2. In the Lieutenant Governor race, Democrat Ghazala Hashmi leads Republican John Reid by 9 points among Virginia likely voters, 48% to 39%; 12% say they are undecided or don’t know.
3. In the race for Attorney General, Democrat Jay Jones leads Incumbent Republican Jason Miyares by 6 points among Virginia likely voters, 49% to 43%; 9% say they are undecided or don’t know.
4. Top of mind issues for Virginia likely voters include threats to democracy (19%), inflation (18%), immigration (10%), and healthcare (10%).
5. Virginia likely voters say Spanberger would do a better job than Earle- Sears handling climate change (+26), reproductive rights (+20), health care (+18), transgender policy (+13), K-12 education (+12), threats to democracy (+10), inflation (+9), federal workforce reductions (+8), and gun policy (+7), immigration (+6), taxes (+4) and crime (+2).
6. 50% of Virginia likely voters approve of Governor Youngkin’s job performance while 42% disapprove; 8% say they don’t know. President Trump’s approval remains underwater with 41% of Virginia likely voters saying they approve of President Trump’s job performance while 56% disapprove; 3% say they don’t know.
The Wason Center at Christopher Newport University will conduct one more phone/online survey before the November 4 election.
