Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has climbed within 2 points of Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Virginia, a state that hasn't voted for a Republican president in 20 years, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll released Monday.
In a survey of likely voters, Harris leads Trump 48% to 46% in Virginia, eight days before the election. Another 3% said they were undecided and 2% responded someone else, according to the poll.
President Joe Biden defeated Trump by more than 7 points in Virginia four years ago.
"Voters are unhappy with the status quo and are worried about election integrity," American Thinker Managing Editor Andrea Widburg wrote in her analysis.
A Quantus Insights poll last week found Harris with just a 1-point lead over Trump among likely voters in Virginia.
According to Rasmussen, Harris leads Trump among independents, 47% to 41%, with 7% saying they're unsure. Another 6% said someone else. Trump leads Harris among Hispanic likely voters, 50% to 46%, according to the survey.
Trump is supported by nearly one-third of the Black vote in Virginia and has a 7-point lead among likely white voters, according to the poll.
Among the issues, 30% of voters surveyed said rising prices was their chief issue "followed by illegal immigration (27%), protecting our democracy (23%), and abortion rights (19%)," the survey said.
Further, 51% said they are not better off than they were four years ago, and another 50% said that today's children would not be better off than their parents, according to Rasmussen.
"Voters are unhappy with things in America," Widburg wrote. "This grim feeling affects their feelings about the future."
Regarding illegal migration, 59% said they supported use of the armed forces or the National Guard to stop the flow of illegals at the southern border.
Rasmussen surveyed 1,014 likely voters in Virginia from Oct. 24-25. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
George W. Bush was the last Republican presidential nominee to win Virginia, both in 2000 and 2004.
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