While 68% of Virginia voters say President Joe Biden’s election was legitimate, 26% say it was not, according to a survey released this month by the Wason Center for Civic Leadership at Christopher Newport University. Fully 61% of Virginia Republican voters surveyed say Biden did not win legitimately.
“This is the new Lost Cause in Virginia politics,” said Dr. Quentin Kidd, academic director of the Wason Center. “A solid majority of Republican voters’ refusal to accept the legitimacy of Biden’s election is bound to stir up the contest for the Republican nomination for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.”
More than twice as many voters blame the federal government (46%) rather than the state government (20%) for the slow rollout of the COVID-19 vaccinations. That appears to look back at the Trump administration, as Biden receives his highest marks on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic (67% approve to 25% disapprove).
Overall, two out of three Virginia voters (67%) say 2021 will be better than 2020.
The results of this survey are based on interviews of 1,005 Virginia registered voters, conducted Jan. 31-Feb. 14. The margin of error for the whole survey is +/-3.4%.
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