Other Candidates
Peg McGuire has made statements in opposition to removing or reducing school resource officers and comments against Governor Northam’s statement urging localities to remove Confederate monuments. She is openly pro-second amendment and against any restrictions on firearms. McGuire also wishes to loosen regulations on businesses and is committed to reducing taxes.
Maynard Keller is running on an openly pro-second amendment platform that focuses on “religious rights,” commonly used as code for policies meant to infringe on LGBTQ+ rights. He is committed to reducing regulations on businesses and providing support to local law enforcement officers and other first responders.
Cesar Alberto is running openly as a Libertarian. The 23-year-old is endorsed by the Virginia Citizens Defense League, who gives him “the highest rating as Very Pro-Gun” and was given an ‘A’ by Virginia NORML. His campaign website with additional stated policy positions was deleted for unknown reasons. According to the only available platform posted on Facebook, he supports eliminating taxes on individuals and families making less than 150% of the federal poverty line, reducing all government salaries, fighting bag taxes, and introducing term limits for City Council and the Mayor’s Office. He also “promises to NEVER vote for ANY law that hinders American’s 2nd Amendment (sic) rights.”
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Peg McGuire has made statements in opposition to removing or reducing school resource officers and comments against Governor Northam’s statement urging localities to remove Confederate monuments. She is openly pro-second amendment and against any restrictions on firearms.
About the Race
The election for President of the United States is on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Former Vice President and Senator from Delaware Joe Biden (D) is running against the current president, Donald J. Trump (R), a businessman and former reality television star.
About the State
Every eligible voter may cast a ballot in the presidential election. The majority of the U.S. population has voted Democratic for the last twenty-eight years, except 2004. However, the allocation of electoral college votes led to Republicans taking the White House in two of those seven elections. Turnout is typically higher during presidential election years, though 2018 saw the highest record turnout for a non-presidential election since 1914, with 50.3% of the electorate turning out to vote. Turnout for the 2016 election was at 55.7%. In 2008, when the nation elected President Barack Obama (D), turnout was 58.2% but dropped to 54.9% in 2012.