Virginia hasn’t backed a GOP candidate for president since George W. Bush in 2004, but that isn’t stopping Republicans from pointing out what they believe are promising signs the state could be in play this general election.
Recent polling has shown former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, is cutting into President Joe Biden’s lead in the state. That’s on top of the fact the state has a popular Republican governor and a state legislature that is only narrowly controlled by Democrats.
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