Mark Mitchell, the head pollster for Rasmussen Reports, told Newsmax on Tuesday that former President Donald Trump’s prospects of winning Virginia continue to rise as Election Day approaches Nov. 5.

No Republican presidential candidate has carried Virginia since George W. Bush in 2004. Trump lost the state in 2016 to Hillary Clinton by 5.3 percentage points (49.7%-44.1%) and in 2020 to Joe Biden by 10.1 points (54.1%-44%).

“We polled this thing in the middle of September in a massive swing state set,” Mitchell told “Rob Schmitt Tonight.” “And let me tell you, that was like a week after the presidential debate, pretty much the worst time to go into the field for Trump. And back then we had Harris up three points, which was right at the statistical margin of error.

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