Current polls have instructed that Trump and Biden are at present tied in Virginia. That is massive information as a result of a Republican hasn’t carried Virginia in a presidential race since 2004.
Biden gained the state in 2020 and Hillary Clinton carried it in 2016.
Might that change this 12 months? Virginia’s Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin appears to assume so.
FOX Information experiences:
Governor says Trump might change into the primary GOP presidential candidate to win his state in 20 years
It’s been 20 years since a Republican carried Virginia within the race for the White Home.
It’s important to return to then-President George W. Bush, who gained the Commonwealth in his 2004 re-election victory.
Democrats have carried the state in 4 straight presidential elections, together with President Biden’s 10-point victory over Donald Trump 4 years in the past as he gained the White Home.
However GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin thinks the previous president has an excellent shot of ending the Republican shedding streak in Virginia as Trump faces off this autumn with Biden in a 2024 election rematch.
“Let’s simply start by remembering the place we had been in 2020 when Joe Biden gained Virginia by 10 factors, and the truth that we’re having this dialogue is a large flip of occasions,” Youngkin mentioned earlier this week in a Fox Information Digital interview in New Orleans, as he attended a Republican Governors Affiliation (RGA) convention.
Youngkin emphasised that “we’re right here in June and there’s nonetheless loads of water to go below the bridge, however Virginia seems to be prefer it’s in play and that’s fairly thrilling.”
Even the FOX Information ballot, which at all times appears to lean left for some cause, has Trump tied with Biden in Virginia.
Donald Trump is now useless even in Virginia in a simply launched @FoxNews ballot. Joe Biden gained Virginia by 10 in 2020. This can be a holy shit second for the Biden group. pic.twitter.com/pehtcPz8bN
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) June 6, 2024
Virginia might be a state to observe on election evening. If it will get known as for Trump, that is likely to be the entire sport.
