Virginia governor's race remains deadlocked one week until election, new poll shows - Fox News

McAuliffe, who's running for his old job, stands at 45.6% support among likely voters in Virginia, with first-time candidate Youngkin at 45.2%, in a USA Today/Suffolk University survey released on Tuesday.

IN DEAD-EVEN RACE FOR VIRGINIA GOVERNOR, MCAULIFFE BATTLES DEMOCRATS' ENTHUSIASM GAP.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate, former Virginia Gov.

McAuliffe will face Republican Glenn Youngkin in the November election.

The survey indicates Youngkin holding an 11-point edge among independent voters.

11, 2021, file photo Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin talks to supporters during a meet and greet at a sports bar in Chesapeake, Va.

The survey indicates Youngkin, who spent a quarter century as a private equity firm executive, topping McAuliffe 56%-38% among White voters, with the former governor winning Black voters by an 81%-6% margin.

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The pollster also pointed to the 1.8% support in the survey for third party candidate Princess Blanding, who’s an African American criminal justice reform activist who’s on the ballot as the gubernatorial candidate for the Liberation Party of Virginia

There's a long-running trend of voters in the commonwealth defeating the gubernatorial nominee of the party that controls the White House

If Youngkin defeats McAuliffe, there will be a surge in Democratic anxiety regarding their fate in the midterms