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Charlie Kirk, Trans School Policies To Motivate 'Unlikely Voters' In VA

An update on the electoral battle over 'gender identity' in schools

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Matt Osborne
Sep 25, 2025
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If you believe the public polling, Abigail Spanberger is leading Winsome Earle-Sears by up to 12 points among “likely voters”. But Dr. Bromley-Trujillo, a political science professor at Christopher Newport University in Virginia, points out that Democrats were surprised before in 2021 by discounting the effect of ‘culture war’ campaigning on unlikely voters.

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