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Rove: ‘Bad start’ for Spanberger as Virginia governor
The Hill ^ | April 9, 2026 | Tara Suter

Posted on 04/14/2026 6:25:05 PM PDT by Trump20162020

Republican strategist Karl Rove said Thursday that Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) is going through a “bad start” as she experiences some rocky polling.

“Well, it’s a bad start, remember, she won 58-42 last November,” Rove said on Fox News’s “America’s Newsroom.” “She said in that tape that you had that it was a 17-point swing, it’s actually a 9-point swing. The last Democrat, Terry McAuliffe, had 49 percent four years earlier,” Rove said, referencing the Virginia governor from 2014-18.

“The poll shows her 46 approve, 47 disapprove, and that’s, you know, 12 points less than what she got on Election Day, and it is the highest disapproval rating — at this point — since this poll began in 1994. No Virginia governor has been in as bad a shape so quickly as Spanberger,” he added.

In a poll from The Washington Post and the Schar School of Policy and Government, Spanberger’s approval rating among voters was 47 percent and her disapproval rating was 46 percent. Seven percent had no opinion.

Political scientist Larry Sabato recently said that Spanberger’s fall in voter approval was “stunning” only months into her first term as Virginia governor.

“A drop of that margin is stunning, and it should be greatly disturbing to the governor and the governor’s staff if it’s repeated in other surveys,” Sabato told ABC 7 News.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: abigailspanberger; karlrove; rove; spanberger; virginia

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1 posted on 04/14/2026 6:25:05 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Trump20162020

Rove..? Thought he was dead.


2 posted on 04/14/2026 6:28:49 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Hospitals are the most dangerous place on Earth! Dr. David Williams)
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To: Trump20162020

The ugly AWFL SpunkBurger is a nasty shit sandwich that even the Communist Party USA! will eventually regret ever biting into....
Just another communist AWFL doing awful things to America.


3 posted on 04/14/2026 6:30:34 PM PDT by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: Trump20162020

I guess it’s a side point. But I’m surprised Fox (or anyone else) is still booking Karl Rove. The guy is dull and - for many conservatives - discredited.

🙁


4 posted on 04/14/2026 6:34:43 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: who knows what evil?

He just smells that way.


5 posted on 04/14/2026 6:39:26 PM PDT by Yogafist
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To: Trump20162020

She just made the assault weapon ban worse by asking for alterations, which will have to be changed by the legislature and so delaying the eventual passage of the bill until after the gerrymander amendment vote. The alterations she asked for make it more strict and more encompassing. It’s being portrayed as “softening” of the bill, but it is the exact opposite as far as I can tell.

The idea is to make sure marginally politically aware citizens don’t question why the “No Kings” party is the one that’s very focused on disarming the citizenry.

Freegards


6 posted on 04/14/2026 6:40:26 PM PDT by Ransomed
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To: Trump20162020

As if she cares.


7 posted on 04/14/2026 6:41:50 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Trump20162020

Karl Rove; a blast from the past!
Did he bring his whiteboard?


8 posted on 04/14/2026 6:42:00 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Ransomed

Everything is the opposite of what she (democrats) say.


9 posted on 04/14/2026 6:48:38 PM PDT by Sertorius (A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
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To: Trump20162020

A “bad start”?

Demonrats exist beyond shame. She holds the office, democrats are increasing their power and do not intend to get voted out. Does this clown Rove think she cares about a negative poll?

They own the corrupt voting machine, and Thune is ensuring the SAVE act won’t pass. And it should have passed a year ago. Even if it passes now, it will get tied up in court and not come into play this year.

But sure CIA Abigail had a bad year.... Ok Rove. Ok...


10 posted on 04/14/2026 6:49:50 PM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: Trump20162020

Bad start for Spamburger??? What about the citizens?


11 posted on 04/14/2026 6:52:37 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Trump20162020

She may be polling badly now Rove but she’s gotten 120% of the Democrat agenda enforced in the legislature in just 4 months you ignorant twit.


12 posted on 04/14/2026 6:53:49 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: Trump20162020

Rove sounds disappointed


13 posted on 04/14/2026 6:54:40 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Trump20162020

This is a tried and true strategy that has worked for demonicRATS for decades if not centuries. Create misery and than campaign on solving the misery. Works every time. Thank you, government run schools.


14 posted on 04/14/2026 6:54:44 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Texas Eagle

This is a tried and true strategy that has worked for demonicRATS for decades if not centuries. Create misery and than campaign on solving the misery. Works every time. Thank you, government run schools.


“Bricks thrown through your window? Call Al’s Glass!”


15 posted on 04/14/2026 6:55:55 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Heh heh. Zackly.


16 posted on 04/14/2026 6:59:34 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: lee martell

The only White I want to see is the chalk outline around his Fat Body. 🐷


17 posted on 04/14/2026 7:04:40 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the Change You Filthy Animal !)
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To: Trump20162020

But wait, there’s more! From the Washington Examiner:”Virginia will award its presidential electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote under a bill signed into law by Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) on Monday, marking a significant shift in how the state participates in presidential elections.”


18 posted on 04/14/2026 7:05:42 PM PDT by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: who knows what evil?
Rove..? Thought he was dead.

I thought so too. Wasn't his nickname Turdblossom or something like that?

19 posted on 04/14/2026 7:05:54 PM PDT by NewHampshireDuo ( )
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To: NewHampshireDuo

I believe you are correct.


20 posted on 04/14/2026 7:07:57 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Hospitals are the most dangerous place on Earth! Dr. David Williams)
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