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WaPo Poll Shows Abortion Rights Issue Boosting VA Democrats In Flipping The GA Elections [1]

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Date: 2023-10-20  

Abortion has surged as a key issue for women and Democrats for the Nov. 7 legislative elections in Virginia, the last state in the South to hold out against restrictions on the procedure in the year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll .

The election will decide whether Virginia remains a relatively liberal outlier among Southern states in areas such as guns, LGBTQ+ rights and criminal justice, or whether Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) can enact a conservative agenda that includes a ban on abortion after 15 weeks, with exceptions. Virginia’s off-year contests are the country’s only major races this year and could signal the national political mood heading into the 2024 presidential election.

With all 140 General Assembly seats on the ballot, Youngkin has prioritized winning full Republican control of the House of Delegates and state Senate as he weighs a last-minute run for president. He continues to get good marks from Virginians for his performance in office.

But registered voters are roughly divided when asked whether they favor a generic Democrat on the House of Delegates ballot over a Republican — at 47 percent to 43 percent, respectively — with an even tighter two-point gap among likely voters. Separately, 48 percent of all voters say they view united Republican control as a “bad thing” and 43 percent view it as a “good thing.”

Interest in the elections is running high across the board. Nearly 2 in 3 registered voters (65 percent) say they are following Virginia’s upcoming election very or somewhat closely, up from 47 percent who said this in late September 2019 but lower than 79 percent just before the 2021 election for governor. Still, just about 1 in 5 are following this year’s elections “very closely” (22 percent).

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