A new poll on 2025

Spanberger leads Sears

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New poll on 2025

The latest poll from CNU’s Wason Center shows Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger up five points over Republican Winsome Sears in the race to be Virginia’s next governor.

Among Virginia registered voters, Spanberger currently leads Sears by five points, though 16% of voters remain undecided and 2% indicate they will vote for someone else. A larger proportion of Black voters are undecided relative to white voters (24% to 12%).

Other key findings from the Wason Center’s poll:

• A plurality of Virginians say the state is headed in the right direction (49% right, 11% mixed, 31% wrong) but are more pessimistic about the direction of the country (31% right, 6% mixed, 58% wrong).

• 53% of Virginians approve of the job Governor Youngkin is doing.

• A plurality of Virginians feel Biden will turn out to have been worse than most as president (38%), while 25% say he was not as good as most. 35% say he was either better than most or one of the best.

• A plurality of Virginians think Trump will be an unsuccessful president (36%), while 31% say it is too early to tell, and 31% say he will be a successful president.

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