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RandySF

(85,065 posts) Thu Apr 16, 2026, 03:05 PM Thursday

Virginians slightly leaning 'yes' on redistricting measure ahead of April 21 vote: WaPo/GMU poll

A slight majority of Virginians appear poised to vote "yes" on the Democrat-led measure to redraw the commonwealth's congressional districts in their favor, according to a poll from The Washington Post and George Mason University.

Democratic leaders say they are trying to counter Republican efforts to paint their maps with more red in states like Texas, Indiana, and North Carolina before the 2026 midterms — where control of the House of Representatives and aspects of President Trump's agenda are both at stake.

If the referendum passes on April 21, Democrats can redraw Virginia's congressional maps to give them an apparent 10-1 advantage, a possible pick-up of five seats. Currently, six Democrats and five Republicans represent the commonwealth in the House.

The GMU/WaPo poll was conducted from March 26 to 31. This poll is based on a total of 1,101 interviews with registered voters in Virginia and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.

https://www.wtkr.com/news/politics/virginians-slightly-in-favor-of-mid-decade-redistricting-wapo-gmu-poll

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Virginians slightly leaning 'yes' on redistricting measure ahead of April 21 vote: WaPo/GMU poll (Original Post) RandySF Thursday OP

Thanks. Reporter was a bit sloppy though: spooky3 Thursday #1

All I can say is that the crooked Republicans are sending out so many midleading flyers helpisontheway Thursday #2

And they are ugly and desperate on tv throwing out tired hateful rhetoric from the past... GreenWave Thursday #3

Oops forgot to mention a low info MAGA voter voted yes! She said it was about Trump fighting the Pope. GreenWave Thursday #4

Whatever it takes. RandySF Yesterday #5

spooky3

(38,715 posts)

1. Thanks. Reporter was a bit sloppy though:

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 03:18 PM

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Dems currently hold 6 seats. So if they get to 10, that would give them four more, not five more. No one predicts they could pick up all 11 seats.

Yes, “Election Day” is April 21, but early voting has been open a long time and many people have already voted. So it’s not really “ahead of” a vote.

GMU leans right (think Scalia law school) so I suspect the outcome will be more positive than the author and the poll appear to suggest. But we are taking nothing for granted.

(This poll was taken in March and has been reported in other media outlets for several weeks so the reporter(s) are a bit behind.)

helpisontheway

(5,383 posts)

2. All I can say is that the crooked Republicans are sending out so many midleading flyers

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Thu Apr 16, 2026, 04:09 PM

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They started out with pictures of Obama and telling people to vote No. Then they started sending out more flyers with unknown black people. Every single day I get at least 3 flyers. They can waste money on us but we voted Yes weeks ago. Only one left for our family is our son. He is a teacher so there is no way in hell he would vote for anything that benefited the Republicans.