The Virginia governor’s race offers a significant test of how much Trump’s sagging job approval ratings could hurt Republicans in the 2018 midterm elections and gauges whether anti-Trump activism will benefit Democrats. Just 34 percent of registered Virginia voters support the proposed replacement, the American Health Care Act. Democrats’ strength in the governor’s race comes despite the lukewarm popularity of current Democratic Gov. Gillespie has double the voter support of either Stewart or Wagner among likely Republican primary voters, according to the Post-Schar poll. Some Republican voters who approve of Trump say they would like a Republican governor to embrace him, but that it won’t necessarily affect their vote in November.

Source: Washington Post May 22, 2017 10:11 UTC