Early voting is already underway heading towards an April 21 election that will determine if voters approve a plan to change the state constitution to redraw congressional districts. That plan would likely give the Democratic Party a 10-1 majority in a state with a current 6-5 split.
Justin Davis, the NRA public affairs director, told AFN the well-known national organization is urging Virginia’s 2nd Amendment supporters to wake up and realize what’s at stake.
“This is not a joking matter. People's representation in Congress is a very serious matter,” he warned.
He said the biggest obstacle is Northern Virginia, a huge voting bloc dominated by anti-gun Democrats in the suburbs who work for the federal government.
In the rest of the state, Davis said, other Virginia voters must decide if they want that bloc of voters to cast a vote that takes away their red-state representation in Congress.
As far as reaching independent voters, Davis said the NRA believes there is “buyer’s remorse” after new Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger pulled a chameleon act after running as a moderate.
Robert Knight, the Washington Times columnist, reported in February that Spanberger is backing everything from climate change activism and gun bans to tax increases.
Before winning office last fall, the she publicly stated she opposes district gerrymandering and would oppose that in Virginia.
“I think people are waking up,” he shared, "the folks who stayed at home at the last election because maybe they weren't energized or were complacent coming off a Trump win.”
Spanberger, a former CIA employee, easily trounced Republican opponent Winsome Earle-Sears 57%-42% in a state that is evenly divided politically.
Despite that convincing win, a Washington Post poll done in late March said her approval rating with voters is 47%. That huge slide after Election Day is the worst for a new Virginia governor since the 1990s, a related Post story reported.
Asked about the poor polling, Spanberger told a reporter she is popular because of the political mailers going to voters with her name and face on them.
