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presidential election popular vote totals as a percentage of the total U.S. But McAuliffe's campaign pointed to what they considered "strong" numbers in blue-leaning localities in northern Virginia as a sign momentum was on their side.U.S. Voters don't register by party in Virginia, so the partisan split of the early vote wasn't immediately clear. Now any qualified voter can cast a ballot starting 45 days before the election. Legislation passed in 2020 eliminated the need to provide one of a certain number of limited excuses to vote absentee. McAuliffe, who preceded Democrat Ralph Northam as governor in the only state that doesn't allow its executive to serve consecutive terms, spent Saturday in the state's southeastern corner before making stops Sunday in suburban Richmond and northern Virginia.

Stops along his bus tour included a prayer breakfast, a worship service, a barbecue at the home of a powerful state lawmaker, a meet-and-greet in the state's farthest-flung corner and an evening get-out-the-vote rally. Steve Helber/Associated PressĪfter campaigning across northern Virginia on Saturday, Youngkin departed for the far southwest tip of the state, a Republican stronghold, on Sunday. Above, McAuliffe speaks to supporters during a rally in Richmond on October 31, 2021. McAuliffe told Democrats they have a “big lead on the early vote,” although polling shows the opposite.

The Virginia governor’s race started strong with early voting as Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin encouraged supporters to get out and vote early. "This is a moment for us to make a statement that big government control is going to lose and liberty and freedom in Virginia are going to win," Youngkin said.įor more reporting from the Associated Press, see below. Youngkin predicted Republicans would sweep all three statewide races and take back the state's House of Delegates, and voiced his optimism at a rally. We do not want to go back," McAuliffe said.Īlong his campaign trail, McAuliffe has brought in supporters including President Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama, and celebrities such Dave Matthews and Pharrell Williams. I made this state open and welcoming, created a lot of jobs. I was the most pro-business pro-progressive. McAuliffe told supporters during his campaign that "the stakes are huge" in the race as he reminded them of his record as governor. Still, at the Henrico rally, McAuliffe claimed Democrats had a "big lead on the early vote." McAuliffe spokeswoman Christina Freundlich said the campaign is not worried about the numbers and expects many Democrats to revert to pre-coronavirus voting habits this year, favoring in-person voting on Election Day. The numbers of early voters are drastically down from the 2.8 million in last year's presidential election. Saturday marked the final day of Virginia's early voting, as more than 1.1 million out of the state's 5.9 million registered voters early this year, according to state data published by the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project. McAuliffe claims to be confident he will be reelected after serving as governor from 2014 to 2018, despite his party scrambling to regain the lead after public polling has shifted in Youngkin's direction in recent weeks. The Virginia governor's race started strong with early voting as Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin encouraged supporters to get out and vote early, with McAuliffe telling Democrats they have a "big lead on the early vote," although polling showed the opposite, the Associated Press reported.