Six million voters in the U.S. state of Virginia are eligible to cast their ballot for a new governor by Nov. 2. While that's only a small percentage of U.S. voters, political watchers are closely watching every aspect of the election. Here's why.

Sources: FiveThirtyEight, Washington Post, Targetearly, and Benjamin Harlow via the Noun Project.

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