“This is clearly a repudiation of President Donald Trump,” said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington. “But of course he won’t see it that way.”
“It requires a much heavier lift on Election Day to get everyone to the polls than if a party had banked a lot of voters ahead of time,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political scientist at the University of Mary Washington. “Democrats learned this lesson a while ago, but Republicans are struggling to catch up.”
“All indications are that they are indeed engaged,” said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington. “We are looking at relatively high turnout in the early voting process compared to previous election cycles.”
Stephen Farnsworth is a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington. He said it could mean Republicans have learned from years past, when national Republicans criticized early voting. But that means it could eat into day-of turnout this year.
“Locking in votes of people who are going to vote your side,” Farnsworth said in an interview Monday. “You’ve really made election day an easier day for you because then you can concentrate your energies on those who haven’t voted yet.”
Stephen Farnsworth, professor and director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington, stated that early voting has grown more popular since the last election for governor, which occurred during the period of COVID-19.
Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington, said the House of Delegates majority is “going to be determined by the outcome in these outer ring suburban communities.” That includes districts in places such as Chesterfield County and Hampton Roads, Farnsworth said, and two districts in Prince William County.
