Virginia's 6th Congressional District

2026 General Election

Image and Ballot Testing
September 30th, 2026

Top Lines

Trump Approval

Approve	54%
Disapprove	38%
Unsure	7%

Spanberger Approval

Approve	21%
Disapprove	68%
Unsure	11%

Cline Image

Favorable	52%
Unfavorable	28%
Unsure	17%
Never heard	3%

Macy Image

Favorable	24%
Unfavorable	41%
Unsure	19%
Never heard	16%

Ballot

Ben Cline, R	59%
Beth Macy, D	29%
Undecided	12%

Trump Approval

Approve

54%

Disapprove

38%

Unsure

7%

Full Question:

Do you approve or disapprove of President Donald Trump's job performance?

	Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
Republican	83	9	9
Democrat	3	97	0
Ind/Other	26	64	10
Female	58	37	5
Male	51	39	10
18-34	29	54	18
35-44	41	47	12
45-54	57	38	5
55-64	63	31	6
65+	59	35	5
Conservative	84	9	7
Moderate	19	69	12
Liberal	5	95	0
White	57	36	7
Non-White	27	63	10
HS	65	28	6
Some College	53	38	9
College	45	45	10
Grad+	33	64	3
4 of 4	61	36	3
3 of 4	61	30	9
2 of 4	35	55	10
1 of 4	29	50	21
0 of 4	33	46	21
Roanoke	55	40	6
DC	57	37	6
Harrisonburg	52	37	11
Charlottesville	51	46	3
Rural	60	33	7
Suburban	50	43	7
Urban	34	60	6

Spanberger Approval

Approve

21%

Disapprove

68%

Unsure

11%

Full Question:

Do you approve or disapprove of Governor Abigail Spanberger's job performance?

	Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
Republican	3	92	6
Democrat	74	10	16
Ind/Other	22	56	22
Female	21	65	14
Male	20	72	8
18-34	22	66	12
35-44	15	70	15
45-54	15	69	15
55-64	19	72	9
65+	25	66	10
Conservative	4	93	3
Moderate	33	47	20
Liberal	66	9	25
White	20	70	10
Non-White	24	48	28
HS	13	78	8
Some College	17	66	17
College	29	61	11
Grad+	43	47	11
4 of 4	21	70	9
3 of 4	18	73	10
2 of 4	14	63	23
1 of 4	26	55	19
0 of 4	30	54	16
Roanoke	23	66	11
DC	21	67	12
Harrisonburg	19	70	11
Charlottesville	18	68	14
Rural	17	73	10
Suburban	22	64	14
Urban	53	43	4

Cline Image

Favorable

52%

Unfavorable

28%

Unsure

17%

Never heard

3%

Full Question:

What is your opinion of Ben Cline?

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Unsure	Never heard
Republican	78	5	15	2
Democrat	4	78	15	3
Ind/Other	26	44	24	6
Female	52	29	18	2
Male	53	26	17	5
18-34	35	29	27	9
35-44	36	31	25	8
45-54	52	27	17	4
55-64	59	24	13	3
65+	57	28	14	0
Conservative	77	6	15	3
Moderate	27	44	25	4
Liberal	1	83	13	4
White	54	27	16	3
Non-White	24	33	35	8
HS	62	19	16	3
Some College	50	26	21	3
College	46	32	16	6
Grad+	30	56	12	2
4 of 4	60	28	11	1
3 of 4	57	22	17	4
2 of 4	35	27	30	7
1 of 4	22	42	32	4
0 of 4	28	23	38	11
Roanoke	51	26	21	2
DC	56	27	13	4
Harrisonburg	49	30	18	2
Charlottesville	54	24	12	10
Rural	59	24	14	4
Suburban	45	31	23	2
Urban	38	44	10	8

Macy Image

Favorable

24%

Unfavorable

41%

Unsure

19%

Never heard

16%

Full Question:

What is your opinion of Beth Macy?

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Unsure	Never heard
Republican	4	61	16	19
Democrat	81	2	12	5
Ind/Other	28	22	33	16
Female	26	40	22	12
Male	22	42	17	19
18-34	27	41	21	11
35-44	21	39	22	18
45-54	21	40	14	25
55-64	19	46	23	12
65+	27	40	18	15
Conservative	5	61	15	18
Moderate	37	18	29	16
Liberal	75	2	17	6
White	24	42	19	15
Non-White	24	26	24	26
HS	15	53	15	17
Some College	25	32	25	18
College	29	36	22	13
Grad+	48	23	19	10
4 of 4	24	45	18	13
3 of 4	18	45	22	15
2 of 4	20	35	21	24
1 of 4	43	24	14	19
0 of 4	30	15	31	24
Roanoke	29	45	21	5
DC	24	36	21	19
Harrisonburg	19	42	16	23
Charlottesville	24	37	16	23
Rural	21	44	18	17
Suburban	26	38	22	15
Urban	48	27	20	5

Ballot

Ben Cline, R

59%

Beth Macy, D

29%

Undecided

12%

Full Question:

If the November 3rd general election for Virginia's 6th Congressional District were held today, who would you vote for?

• Ben Cline, Republican
• Beth Macy, Democrat
• Undecided

	Ben Cline, R	Beth Macy, D	Undecided
Republican	88	3	9
Democrat	1	96	2
Ind/Other	35	40	25
Female	60	31	9
Male	59	28	14
18-34	43	35	23
35-44	44	26	30
45-54	59	26	14
55-64	69	25	7
65+	63	32	5
Conservative	89	4	7
Moderate	27	50	23
Liberal	4	91	5
White	62	28	10
Non-White	24	48	28
HS	68	19	13
Some College	60	30	10
College	53	36	11
Grad+	35	55	10
4 of 4	64	29	7
3 of 4	67	23	9
2 of 4	50	26	24
1 of 4	32	47	21
0 of 4	33	33	34
Roanoke	54	34	12
DC	63	29	8
Harrisonburg	58	25	17
Charlottesville	70	27	4
Rural	66	24	10
Suburban	53	33	14
Urban	34	60	6

Methodology & Demographics

Fielded On:

September 28-30, 2026

Method:

Mobile Text Responses and Landline Interviews

Population & Sample Description:

791 Likely General Election Voters

Weighting:

Age, Gender, Race, Education, Community Type, and Media Market Area

MoE:

±3.47%

Self-Reported Party

Republican	58%
Democrat	19%
Ind/Other	23%

Gender

Female	52%
Male	48%

Age

18-34	10%
35-44	12%
45-54	14%
55-64	20%
65+	43%

Ideology

Conservative	57%
Moderate	28%
Liberal	15%

Race

White	93%
Non-White	7%

Education

HS	43%
Some College	27%
College	18%
Grad+	12%

Last 4 Generals

4 of 4	58%
3 of 4	18%
2 of 4	10%
1 of 4	7%
0 of 4	6%

Media Market

Roanoke	32%
Harrisonburg	31%
DC	31%
Charlottesville	6%

Household Income

<$50k	20%
$50-75k	21%
$75-100k	19%
$100-150k	32%
$150k+	8%

Community Type

Rural	55%
Suburban	40%
Urban	5%

For information, contact:

Ryan Munce

President

co/efficient

ryan@coefficient.org