Virginia, Don't Let Democrats Transform Our Commonwealth. Vote Early—Today
And save the GOP a fortune by not waiting until Election Day to do it.
by Hayden Ludwig
Absentee ballots just hit mailboxes all over the commonwealth and early in-person voting began at select polling places across Virginia. That means the crucial race for governor just revved into high gear—and conservatives will lose if we hold back.
If you live in Virginia and haven't already voted by the time you read this, drop everything and cast your ballot for Winsome Earle-Sears, John Reid, Jason Miyares, and your local Republican Delegate. I already have.
Don't wait 'til tomorrow or Election Day. Every day you wait is a small fortune spent trying to get your ballot returned that could be spent turning out the vote for Winsome.
Voting by mail today costs the conservative movement $2-$3 per vote. Wait a few weeks and that price rises to perhaps $10–$12 per vote. Voting in-person is a bit more expensive, yet comparable. But wait to vote in-person on Election Day and your vote costs the movement $100—roughly 50 times what it would cost if you returned that ballot now.
That's money wasted chasing reliable GOP voters that could've been used to turn out low-propensity voters across our commonwealth.
How? Well, for close to a decade America First groups like Ned Ryun's American Majority Action have built a powerful get-out-the-vote system to get patriots to the polls—and counter the Left's own electoral machine. It's what saved President Trump in Wisconsin in 2024… and put Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears over the top in 2021.
That system, headquartered here in Virginia, identifies conservative voters across the nation and contacts them with door knocks, phone calls, text messages, and digital ads until they turn in their ballot. That costs big bucks, but it's the key to winning modern elections. "And a campaign or outside group is not going to stop contacting you until they know your vote is in," Ryun writes.
We know Virginia won't flip red without moderate voters, which is why conservatives should vote early so the movement can pour resources into winning the middle. Everyone likes a winner; you'd be surprised at how many independents will vote straight-ticket Republican if they sense we're winning in September and October. So get out and get it done.
Democrats' goal is to bank an unbeatable vote lead for Abigail Spanberger in mid-September we can't overcome. Our goal isn't to win early voting outright; it's to blunt the Democrats' lead going into Election Day, when Republicans typically turn out more voters than Democrats. Do that and we win.
Momentum is on our side. In 2020, Democrats won early voting by 31 percentage points. In 2021, they won early voting by 19.5 points—but lost the statewide races to Youngkin and Winsome. By 2023, Democrats' lead had slipped to 15 points and they barely eked out 1-seat majorities in both houses of the General Assembly.
Then last year, Democrats won early voting by just 8.6 points, bringing Trump within 5 points of winning the Old Dominion—our best showing yet.
So don't waste money. Get out and return that ballot, and stop radical Democrats from fundamentally transforming our commonwealth.
Hayden Ludwig is Founder and Managing Editor of Restoration News, launched in 2023, and Executive Director for Research at Restoration of America. He specializes in election integrity and dark money, authoring the first investigations into the 2020 election "Zuck Bucks" scandal and unearthing the world's largest dark money network run by Arabella Advisors. He publishes regularly at RealClearPolitics, American Greatness, and the American Conservative.
Republished with permission from Restoration News.
