Youngkin Beating McAuliffe With Virginia Parents Among Fight Over Education, Poll Shows

Youngkin Beating McAuliffe With Virginia Parents Among Fight Over Education, Poll Shows

New polling results released Monday showed Republican Glenn Youngkin leading Democrat Terry McAuliffe among parents of children enrolled in K-12 schools with just over one week remaining until Virginia's gubernatorial election on November 2.

The poll, conducted by Cygnal among 816 likely voters from October 19 through 21 with a 3.43 percent margin of error, found McAuliffe and Youngkin tied in the race for governor. The election is one of two regularly scheduled gubernatorial races taking place this fall and has grown close in recent weeks, with other polls similarly indicating a competitive toss-up.

Cygnal pollsters broke down the results of their voter survey by age, gender, education level, ideology and several other variables. The stated voting intentions of parents who have children as young as those in kindergarten through those who are high school-aged—a group that represented about 26.5 percent of the poll's respondents—stood out to the pollsters as they assessed the results, according to a Monday press release.