CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The majority of Virginians, 65%, believe the country overall is headed in the wrong direction, but 60% are optimistic about the election of Gov. Abigail Spanberger on the state level, according to the Christopher Newport University Wason Center’s State of the Commonwealth poll, released Wednesday.

Only 28% of respondents said the country is on the right path, while listing inflation and cost of living (31%), political extremism and threats to democracy (22%), healthcare (11%), and K-12 education (10%) as the main issues they’re concerned with.

Just 44% of Virginians approved of the job former Gov. Glenn Youngkin did during his term, but that number outpaces Pres. Trump’s 34% approval rating, according to the poll, which survey 807 Virginians by phone from Jan. 13-26.

A large majority strongly support raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2028 (78%) and creating a paid family leave program (84%).

The poll showed Virginians are split when it comes to the proposed redistricting amendment that would allow Democrats to redraw voting maps for the mid-terms to counter similar moves in other states, including Texas. Just 51% of the respondents supported that measure.

Among the other proposed Constitutional amendments the Democrat-controlled General Assembly has passed this session, 66% of poll respondents support the amendment to guarantee women access to abortions and other reproductive rights, while 64% back the amendment restoring felons’ voting rights once their sentences are completed.

The survey, which has a margin of error of 4.4%, did not ask about the fourth amendment, enshrining marriage equity into the Virginia Constitution.