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Home Front: Politix
New Fox Poll Explains Stunning Reversal: Youngkin Bursting Ahead, McAuliffe Collapsing
2021-10-29
[Red State] There’s been a major shift when it comes to the governor’s race in Virginia over the past two weeks.

As we reported earlier, now the Real Clear Politics average of polls is showing Youngkin ahead of Terry McAuliffe for the first time just a few short days before the election.

That’s in part due to a stunning Fox poll which shows Youngkin up over McAuliffe by eight percent. As Fox notes, that’s basically a complete reversal of the race from two weeks ago. It was 51-46% with McAuliffe up two weeks ago. Now, however, it’s Youngkin up, 53-45% among likely voters.

That’s a stunning move within two weeks and it’s beyond the margin of error. Youngkin also leads with registered voters, by one percent.

The difference has been the education questions which are powering up the GOP base, as well as bringing in independents and even Democrats. McAuliffe is still trying to defend his campaign-killing comment that parents "shouldn’t be telling schools what they should teach." Meanwhile, 79 percent of Youngkin supporters are "extremely" interested in the election compared to 69 percent of McAuliffe supporters.
Posted by:Besoeker

#14  McAuiffe must think he's losing. He's hired a legal time to challenge the election.... before next Tuesday's election.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-10-29 16:50  

#13  Not complicated, as so many here (and around the world) have pointed out: photo IDs and signatures. Verification by official observers representing the main parties. Hand counting at the local level -- again, observed by representatives of each party.

No ridiculous tallying by private software companies. No internet-connected servers involved. Strict enforcement of deadlines, ID requirements, verification, chain of custody.

Anyone who pushes back on any of the above obvious, sane, simple requirements of a free and fair election is clearly trying to get away with lying or cheating or stealing.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-10-29 14:45  

#12  Judges and Election officials illegally changed rules that the legislatures' approvals were needed but not gotten?

For me, the shock was not that the Dems would try to rig the election, but that no one would call them on it. Even the Supreme Court. Lack of standing? Seriously? More like nobody would stand up and do their job.
Posted by: SteveS   2021-10-29 14:31  

#11  Remember 2020 when Judges and Election officials illegally changed rules that the legislatures' approvals were needed but not gotten? Anyone get prosecuted, fined, or jailed for that shit?
Posted by: Frank G   2021-10-29 13:55  

#10  bubba

yes paper ballots are safer but not foolproof

e.g.,

back in 2008 Al Franken won based on paper ballots that 'showed up' late in the counting
02, the D candidate for senate in SD won 92% of 3000+ votes in the Pine Ridge reservation in an election he won by about 500 votes total - of the votes from the reservation - many by absentee with suspicious signatures (no ID required)

we need voter ID to minimize fraud (it won't end fraud, there will still be people who harvest in long term care, people who impersonate, etc. but these will be limited)
Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-10-29 12:51  

#9  
i would like supremes to take the opinion that all elections be conducted with hand-counted paper ballots.
Any or all state legislators can enable that at any time they wish. But they don't.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843   2021-10-29 12:31  

#8  I doubt Youngkin will win while the demoncrats are counting the votes.

All of western Virginia should just join West Virginia.
Posted by: DarthVader   2021-10-29 11:37  

#7  /\ Yep. Youngkin could be ahead now by 13m votes, but when the dust clears, McAuliffe could prevail by 104.2 votes.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-10-29 09:57  

#6  Remember it not over until the Democrats finish stuffing the ballot boxes and counting their dead voters.
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-10-29 09:50  

#5  Dont forget: The dems may have dominion.
i would like supremes to take the opinion that all elections be conducted with hand-counted paper ballots.
Posted by: jim murray   2021-10-29 09:29  

#4  Re #2: George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley wrote that McAuliffe hiring Elias is an "astonishing move."

"There are a host of election lawyers but McAuliffe selected an attorney accused of lying to the media, advancing rejected conspiracy theories, and currently involved in a major federal investigation that has already led to the indictment of his former partner," Turley wrote.

"McAuliffe may be preparing to challenge any win by Republican Glenn Youngkin," he wrote on Twitter.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-10-29 08:52  

#3  might be too late

800k have already voted in VA
Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-10-29 08:18  

#2  Team McAuliffe emails reveal effort to 'kill this' Fox News story
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-10-29 07:01  

#1  ...IF this is true - and The Ol' Perfessor at Instapundit seems to be cautiously confident - it still ain't over. McAuliffe is lining up his lawfare team, and I think he'd burn the Old Dominion to the ground rather than lose.

Way too much is at stake here. The only way to avoid a messy scorched-earth campaign by the Dems is for Youngkin to win by at least what Fox is showing.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2021-10-29 06:08  

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