HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) – We are under a week away from the vote on the redistricting referendum, and the Virginia Public Access Project has released all campaign finance reports for the referendum committees looking to pass or oppose the mid-decade redistricting.
The data showed more than $64 million has been raised through April 10 by the main Democratic group, Virginians for Fair Elections, with about $20 million being raised for the Republican led Virginia for Fair Maps.
While millions of dollars have been poured into this special election for the future of Virginia’s congressional districts, questions are being raised as to not only who is funding the campaigns, but more importantly, where the funds are coming from.
Of the more than $64 million donated to the Democratic campaigns, only 3% of donations came from the state of Virginia, while 88% of those funds came from Washington, D.C.
Meanwhile, it’s almost the opposite for Republican campaigns who have only seen a majority of their funds coming from the PACs and organizations within the Commonwealth.
But the money that’s spent doesn’t reflect the latest poll numbers from the Washington Post, where it’s stated that 52% of voters support the redistricting measure while 47% oppose it.
So while spending for the redistricting decision is well in the Democrats’ favor, the only numbers that matter are the number of votes cast to decide if redistricting will move forward.
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