Nolte: Abigail Spanberger Has Worst Virginia Governor Favorability of 21st Century

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger ran as a moderate Democrat, has since governed as a far-leftist, and now has the worst favorability rating of any Virginia governor of the 21st Century at this same point in their term — which is 80 days.

The honeymoon is already over.

Already, Spanberger is nearly upside-down on approval, something that did not happen to a single one of her eight predecessors after only 80 days in office.

The Washington Post-Schart School poll asked 1,100 registered Virginia voters if they approved or disapproved of the way Spanberger is doing her job. Only 47 percent approved, while 46 percent disapproved. That puts her favorability rating at a sorry +1.

At this same time in his term, Spanberger’s immediate predecessor, Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, was at +15, with a 54 percent approval rating and 39 percent disapproval rating. In fact, other than Democrat Ralph Northam,