Fact checkPoliticsPublished April 19, 2026
Washington Post-Schar School poll: “A Washington Post-Schar School poll found 52% of Virginia likely voters support the new congressional maps and 47% oppose them; Abigail Spanberger won the November 2025 governor's race by more than 15 points.”. Our verdict: True.

The claim

“A Washington Post-Schar School poll found 52% of Virginia likely voters support the new congressional maps and 47% oppose them; Abigail Spanberger won the November 2025 governor's race by more than 15 points.”

Washington Post-Schar School pollNews reportApril 10, 2026Read the original

A poll ahead of Virginia's 21 April 2026 redistricting referendum.

Our verdict

True

The poll showed 52% to 47% among likely voters, and Spanberger won in 2025 by about 15.4 points.

What we found

The George Mason University Schar School and Washington Post poll found 52% of likely voters supporting or leaning towards the redistricting amendment and 47% opposed. Spanberger won the 4 November 2025 election 57.6% to 42.2%, a margin of 15.4 points. The claim as first written said 2023; the election was in 2025.

The evidence

2 of 2 sources support the claim; none contradict it.

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  • Supports the claim

    52% of likely voters support or lean towards supporting the amendment; 47% oppose. [1]

  • Supports the claim

    Spanberger won 57.58% to 42.22%, a 15.36-point margin. [2]

How we checked

We checked the claim against WAVY, Wikipedia. We reviewed 2 relevant sources.

Sources

  1. [1]WAVY · New poll shows majority of likely voters support Virginia's redistricting referendum
  2. [2]Wikipedia · 2025 Virginia gubernatorial election

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