Virginia 2025 Poll: Tight race between presumptive gubernatorial candidates

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — An Emerson College/Nexstar Media survey of the 2025 Virginia gubernatorial election found that the majority of Virginians think the state is on the right track, but believe their economic situation is worse than it was four years ago.

The survey was conducted Jan. 6-8, 2025 and polled 1,000 registered Virginia voters via online panels, landline and mobile phones.

Forty-two percent of voters support Democratic former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, while 41% support Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears. Four percent support someone else and 13% are undecided.

“Ten months before the 2025 Virginia gubernatorial election, the race is tight overall but with clear demographic differences standing out,” said Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling. “Support for Sears is found among male voters, who break for the lieutenant governor 52% to 37%, and White voters, who break for her 50% to 35%, while Spanberger leads among women, 47% to 31%, and both older and young voters: those over 70, who break for Spanberger 46% to 43%, and those under 30 who break for her 43% to 33%.”

One of the survey questions asked, “Do you think your community is more safe or less safe than it was four years ago?”

More voters — 41% of them — feel their community’s safety has remained unchanged over the past four years, while 38% feel it has decreased and 21% report that it has gotten safer.

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