Today Emerson/Nexstar released their latest poll showing the two candidates for Governor tied at 48%.
From Emerson polling:
McAuliffe leads with women (52% to 44%), voters under 50 (54% to 41%), Black voters (71% to 24%), and Hispanic voters (48% to 47%). Youngkin leads with men (53% to 44%), voters over 50 (61% to 42%), and White voters (56% to 42%).
Youngkin is leading in the Western region of the state (the 5th, 6th, and 9th congressional districts) 65% to 32%. Voters in the Eastern region (the 1st, 2nd, and 7th congressional districts) are also breaking towards Youngkin, 51% to 42%.
In the Southeast region (the 3rd and 4th congressional districts), McAuliffe is leading 60% to 36%. McAuliffe also leads in Northern Virginia (the 8th, 10th, and 11th congressional districts), 62% to 36%.
Voters are locked in with their choices, with 92% saying they will definitely vote for their planned candidate, and 8% saying they could change their mind before election day.
More details on the Emerson poll here.
The new Cygnal poll released on Monday also shows McAuliffe and Youngkin tied at 48%.
When parents of school-age children, from 5 years old through high school, were polled 56.3% said they will vote for Glenn Youngkin and 39% for McAuliffe.
“Independent voters and parents of K-12 students are stampeding to support Republicans Glenn Youngkin, Winsome Sears, Jason Miyares and GOP state house candidates,” remarked pollster Brent Buchanan, CEO of Cygnal, a national polling firm ranked as most accurate. “In an interesting twist of political fate, voters under the age of 55 are strongly for Republicans.”
Their generic ballot question for the House of Delegates showed Republicans leading by 1%.
Suffolk University also released a poll today, also showing a tie for Governor.
There’s no question, Republicans have the momentum. Undecided voters are more likely to break for the challenger which is Youngkin in this race. Now let’s get out the vote!