A new Roanoke poll finds Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin with a 57 percent approval rating and 35 percent disapproval rating. The same survey finds Joe Biden with a 38 percent approval rating and 56 percent disapproval rating. When Virginia residents are asked whether they feel favorably or unfavorably towards their leaders, Youngkin scores 52 percent favorable, 35 percent unfavorable. Meanwhile, President Biden scores 40 percent favorable, 55 percent unfavorable.

Unsurprisingly, the right track/wrong direction numbers are similar. Just 27 percent of Virginia respondents feel like the country is on the right track, but 55 percent think Virginia is on the right track. Sixty-nine percent of respondents said the country was headed in the wrong direction, but just 39 percent said they feel the same way about their state.

[Youngkin can’t run again in 2025, which means he may be eyeing the GOP presidential nomination. If so, expect him to get in late — like in the fall, especially if the expected DeSantis-Trump fight turns monumentally destructive. Youngkin would be positioned for a heroic rescue, not to mention having suffered few slings and arrows by that point by staying out of the scrum. — Ed]