Poll finds Youngkin underwater with Virginia voters, who veer to his left on major issues [View all]

RICHMOND — Virginia voters disagree with Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) on several major issues and are slightly more negative than positive about his performance after a month in office, according to a poll from the Wason Center for Civic Leadership at Christopher Newport University.

Forty-one percent of voters say they approve of the job Youngkin is doing compared with 43 percent who disapprove, with 16 percent saying they don’t know how they feel, the poll found. While the numbers are heavily partisan — Republicans are almost universally positive and Democrats sharply negative — Youngkin’s overall approval “is certainly lower than those of recent governors in Wason Center polling early in their term,” center academic director Quentin Kidd said in a news release.

Macaulay Porter, a spokeswoman for Youngkin, said polling has been consistently off the mark. “Governor Youngkin’s initiatives have received bipartisan support, and he looks forward to delivering on more promises that he made during the campaign,” Porter said.

Youngkin has generated strong feelings since taking office Jan. 15, issuing a slew of executive orders on his first day that stoked divisive issues such as eliminating mask mandates in schools and banning the teaching of critical race theory. He recently won quick passage of a law that lets parents opt their children out of mask mandates by March 1, but he is wrestling with a Democrat-controlled state Senate to advance an agenda of tax cuts through the General Assembly.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/poll-finds-youngkin-underwater-with-virginia-voters-who-veer-to-his-left-on-major-issues/ar-AAU8NlY

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