The Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport University’s latest presidential poll [1] released Thursday shows that Joe Biden holds an eight-point lead in Virginia among enthusiastic voters.
Likely voters:
-Joe Biden (D): 48%
-Donald Trump (R): 43%
Enthusiastic voters:
-Joe Biden: 51%
-Donald Trump: 43%
The Wason Center noted, “Enthusiasm is a key to Biden’s lead and will be a key to turnout on Election Day. We saw an enthusiasm gap of 6 points between Democrats and Republicans in this survey.”
A breakdown showed….
Women:
-Biden: 61%
-Trump: 34%
Younger voters:
-Biden: 56%
-Trump: 38%
Black voters:
-Biden: 75%
-Trump: 14%
White voters:
-Trump: 53%
-Biden: 43%
College-educated voters:
-Biden: 66%
-Trump: 30%
Non-college-educated voters:
-Trump 54%
-Biden: 37%
Men:
-Trump: 52%
-Biden: 40%
The Wason Center added, “Biden also holds Trump to a draw among enthusiastic voters 45 and older, a bloc that has favored Trump in the past.”
The Wason Center interviewed 796 registered Virginia voters on cell phone and landline, September 9-21. The margin of error for the whole survey is +/-3.9%. The full report is attached.