McAuliffe lead in Virginia cut to margin of error: 49%-45%

Published October 8, 2021 10:09am ET



Dragged down by the growing unpopularity of President Joe Biden in blue Virginia, Democrat Terry McAuliffe’s lead over businessman Republican Glenn Youngkin has shrunk to just four points — the margin of error in a just released poll.

McAuliffe, trying to be just the third former Virginia governor to win another term, leads Youngkin 49%-45% in the poll from the Wason Center for Civic Leadership at Christopher Newport University. The margin of error is 4.2 percentage points.

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