Governor Abigail Spanberger won a sweeping victory in Virginia in no small part because she focused on affordability and prioritized political pragmatism over polarization. Five months later, a public opinion poll shows the Democrat has lost considerable support.
Why? Likely because of her party’s push to enact a partisan gerrymander.
Spanberger’s job approval rating clocks in at 47%, according to a Washington Post-Schar School survey. That’s more than 10 percentage points below the impressive 57.6% vote share she earned in last fall’s key off-year gubernatorial contest. The drop is even more pronounced among crucial independent voters: 59% backed the governor ...