All this is designed to energize Virginia Trump voters. I’ve got some fresh data from a new Wason Center for Public Policy poll that sheds light on whether this effort by Gillespie is working, and how. The poll’s toplines find that Northam leads Gillespie among likely voters, 50 percent to 43 percent. First, the data shows the strategy may be working in one sense: It may be driving up energy among Republicans. In September, the Wason Center poll found that only 72 percent of Republicans were likely to vote, vs. 77 percent of Democrats.

Source: Washington Post October 27, 2017 14:29 UTC