Posted on 09/25/2025 5:39:55 PM PDT by T Ruth
Early voting in Virginia began just last week, but the first wave of ballots already shows Republican-leaning House of Delegates districts pulling ahead of their Democratic counterparts.
Of the 20 districts with the highest number of ballots cast so far, 11 are strongly Republican or lean Republican, five are strongly Democratic, and four are competitive, according to data compiled by the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project.
In total, 35,224 votes had been cast statewide as of Monday, nearly all of them in person. Fewer than 1,000 ballots were cast by mail. And while Virginia does not register voters by party, the early figures could be a sign of stronger Republican enthusiasm heading into a pivotal election year.
Republican leaders said the numbers reflect a deliberate strategy to make early voting a priority, a reversal from 2020 when skepticism of the practice pervaded the party.
“It’s definitely a Republican strategy, and I would say it goes back several years,” said Mark Peake, chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia.
“Actually, Donald Trump did not like early voting in 2020 when we think the Democrats used mail-in ballots to go harvest a lot of votes, but since that time, it’s been widely acknowledged by the RNC, the RPV, and Republicans, in general in Virginia, that we can’t wait. We can’t wait until Election Day and give the Democrats 45 days of early voting, and we just show up on Election Day.”
Peake said the party has made “a concerted effort to get out there,” describing it as a “huge part of RPV strategy to contact less likely voters and to get them motivated, to get them out early and to get all Republican voters out early.”
The early results, he argued, show that “our strategy is paying off.”
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so did winsome ask for Trump’s endorsement? I know she made disparaging remarks about him in the past
True, but the Democrats now know what the margin of cheat needs to be.
We need a Charlie Kirk effect.
Yeh if you go back to her past comments she’s been pretty much anti trump for awhile now. She’s not the great of candidate so if early returns are showing a gop surge it might be Youngkins popularity helping her and also the turning point effect.
I don’t know. these elections always turn on northern virginia. Lots of laid off federal workers won’t be too happy with republicans.
VA is a very slippery election state, wrong addresses on return ballot envelopes and multiple ballots to mystery addresses.
You need everything you can to make up for Fairfax, loudoun, prince william, and Arlington counties
If DJT. just pointed out Spanberger’s weakness regarding the 80-20% issues like men in women’s sports and locker rooms, that would be a big help.
People in VA are no longer the Jeffersonians they once claimed to be.
I've never seen DJT sit on the side lines when he can have a positive effect on an outcome.
It is all a question of timing... 107 Days????
Say What?
Did spanberger just fall out of a coconut tree?
No matter what, I believe that our President will not pass, regardless of Sears comments.
That has been the gist of the majority of Sears' campaign ads.
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