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A poll done at Christopher Newport University shows Spangburger is leading at 46% with Brat trailing by only 1% at 45%, the remanding 7% being undecided and 3rd party candidates. The sample size is 871 voters, these voters were randomly selected so we can find this view fairly accurate. Although the poll does has a 4.2% margin of error which shows either party could be in the lead. Since this poll was done at a respectable university we can deem it credible.

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Another poll from Monmouth university has Brat and Spangburger tied at 47%. These 329 voters were randomly selected making the poll fairly accurate of the public's opinion. The margin of error is 5.4%, this means either candidate could be ahead in this race. This poll was also done at a respectable college making it fairly credible.

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The New York times found Dave Brat leading at 47% and Abigail Spanberger trailing at 43% with 9% undecided, with a 5% margin of error. This poll randomly selected 25,823 people to call and only 501 people responded, because of the small response many views are not represented which creates a non-response bias. Because of this bias this poll this poll may to be a full representation of the public's opinion. This poll was done by The New York Times, therefor we can deem it as a credible source.

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Dave Brat: Delivering for Virginia Families

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Brat has very in-line views with the republican party platform on health care. Brat wants to limit federal governments involvement in health care and he purposes a rather market based solution to the problem. He voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act  of 2010 and is voting for more republican health care acts such as the American Health Care Act.

Spanberger supports the Affordable Care act of 2010. She believes everyone should have the right to health care, her plan involves more federal government involvement. Her views are very similar to the Democratic Party Platform as well.

Joe Walton believes America has the responsibility to create the best health care plan out there. To do this Walton believes we must work to improve the existing Affordable Care Act. This is different than the Libertarian Party Platform but they are more extreme and believe Americans should be free to determine their own healthcare plan.

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When it comes to immigration Brat wants to secure the border, he believes open borders are a huge national security threat. He supports funding to build a wall on the border of Mexico. Though Brat wants to help immigrants that are already in America to find asylum. These potions are very in-line with the republican party platform.

Spangberger is opposed to building a wall on Mexico and was very against Trumps travel ban. Although she does want strong border security and path for illegal immigrants to achieve citizenship. These positions are very inline with the democratic platform.

Joe  Walton believes in the Cato Institute. This plan allows each state to manage their own immigrant affairs. They control, operate, and run their own immigrant programs all under national supervision. This policy is very in-line with the libertarian party platform in which immigration policies vary from state to state.

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Brat opposes gun control. He believes the second amendment is there for a reason, he believes it gives people to ability for full sovereignty and is an essential part of our constitution. This is very in-line of the republican party platform which very much opposes gun control and speaks out for the second amendment.

Spanberger was a CIA agent so she does support responsible gun ownership. She also advocates support for background checks on all gun purchasing. The Gun Violence Restraining Order Act of 2017 is something she supports very much. Spanberger wants to reduce all gun violence to children and adults safer. This is very on-line with the democratic platform which supports gun control as well.

Joe Walton also supports responsible gun ownership. Although he does want to implement more background checks to assure guns are not in the wrong, dangerous hands. This is not fully in-line with the libertarian party. The libertarian party does not want to limit everyday peoples access to firearms.

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The House Freedom Fund is an interest group that supports republicans in the house. This group is nation wide and is investing a lot of money in Dave Brat's campaign.

The New Dem PAC is another interest group to elected democrats into the house. This group is investing a lot of money into Abigail Spanberger's campaign.

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Brat has been outspokenly endorsed by President of the United Sates Donald Trump. Trump called Brat "one of the smartest and hardest working people on Washington" (Donald Trump). This is impactful because when someone with a big influence, such as the President himself, supports a candidate it causes other republicans and swing voters to be swayed to believe this candidate is best for Congress.

One of Spanberger's most eminent endorsements is the 47th vice president of the united states Joe Biden. Joe Biden is very well respected and has a big impact on voters. He said " As a member of Congress, Abigail will work across the aisle to deliver common sense solutions and have a lasting and positive impact on the lives of the people of the 7th District” (Joe Biden). This endorsement is very important because he was the Vice President, because of his important role in the government other democrats and swing voters will be persuaded to vote Spanberger for congress.

Walton has been endorsed by the Richmond Times-Dispatch Editorial Board when an article was published on him. This is important because it really draws locals to him because of a local paper writing on him. This will cause voters to be more informed on this third party candidate.

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In 2016 Virginia voted for Hillary Clinton at 1,981,473 votes with Donald Trump behind at 1,769,443 votes.