Joe Biden was campaigning in Virginia this week, the place he took a swing at fashionable Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin, saying that he wasn’t the ‘real’ governor. His crew later tried to say he was simply joking.

There may be extra to this story, nonetheless.

Biden is in bother in Virginia. Voters there should not proud of him or the path the nation is headed in.

The Washington Examiner stories:

Confidence in Biden and nation drops additional with Virginia voters

A day after President Joe Biden went 35 miles into Virginia for a reelection marketing campaign occasion the place he took a verbal shot at fashionable Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA), a brand new survey discovered voters able to throw it again in his face.

Virginians, who like their governor and path of the commonwealth, stated within the newest ballot from the Wason Middle for Civic Management at Christopher Newport College that they don’t like Biden or the place the nation is heading.

The survey of 1,000 Virginia voters stated they disapprove of Biden, 59%, to 36% who approve. That may be a 2-point drop within the president’s approval ranking since a 12 months in the past.

And, stated analysis director Rebecca Bromley-Trujillo, solely 20% stated the nation is on the right track, whereas 71% see it heading within the flawed path.

By comparability, Virginians proceed to approve of Youngkin 50%-39% for a second 12 months, and 43% like the place the commonwealth is heading versus 37% who don’t.

Biden has good motive to be involved about Virginia. He’s underwater there.

NEW Virginia polling

Governor @GlennYoungkin is +23%.

54% approve
31% disapprove

In the meantime, Joe Biden is underwater: -17%.

37% approve
54% disapprove

And amongst independents, a miniscule 30% approve of Joe Biden. pic.twitter.com/iWua6sJZQI

— Steve Visitor (@SteveGuest) January 23, 2024

Confidence in Biden, nation drops additional in Virginia @WasonCenter

‘It’s actually trying tough for Biden’ @becky_btru

However no so for @GlennYoungkin ‘Likeability throughout partisan [lines]…comes throughout as a reasonable, pleasant type of particular person’https://t.co/Tu6d25dLp8 by way of…

— Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard) January 24, 2024

Virginia just isn’t a state that Democrats can afford to lose in November.