Joe Biden was campaigning in Virginia this week, the place he took a swing at well-liked Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin, saying that he wasn’t the ‘actual’ governor. His group later tried to say he was simply joking.
There may be extra to this story, nevertheless.
Biden is in bother in Virginia. Voters there should not proud of him or the route the nation is headed in.
The Washington Examiner reviews:
Confidence in Biden and nation drops additional with Virginia voters
A day after President Joe Biden went 35 miles into Virginia for a reelection marketing campaign occasion the place he took a verbal shot at well-liked Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA), a brand new survey discovered voters able to throw it again in his face.
Virginians, who like their governor and route of the commonwealth, mentioned within the newest ballot from the Wason Middle for Civic Management at Christopher Newport College that they don’t like Biden or the place the nation is heading.
The survey of 1,000 Virginia voters mentioned they disapprove of Biden, 59%, to 36% who approve. That may be a 2-point drop within the president’s approval score since a yr in the past.
And, mentioned analysis director Rebecca Bromley-Trujillo, solely 20% mentioned the nation is on course, whereas 71% see it heading within the improper route.
By comparability, Virginians proceed to approve of Youngkin 50%-39% for a second yr, and 43% like the place the commonwealth is heading versus 37% who don’t.
Biden has good cause to be involved about Virginia. He’s underwater there.
NEW Virginia polling
Governor @GlennYoungkin is +23%.
54% approve
31% disapproveIn the meantime, Joe Biden is underwater: -17%.
37% approve
54% disapproveAnd amongst independents, a miniscule 30% approve of Joe Biden. pic.twitter.com/iWua6sJZQI
— Steve Visitor (@SteveGuest) January 23, 2024
Confidence in Biden, nation drops additional in Virginia @WasonCenter
‘It’s actually trying tough for Biden’ @becky_btru
However no so for @GlennYoungkin ‘Likeability throughout partisan [lines]…comes throughout as a average, pleasant kind of particular person’https://t.co/Tu6d25dLp8 by way of…
— Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard) January 24, 2024
Virginia just isn’t a state that Democrats can afford to lose in November.
