gop. >> they used covid in order to cheat with all of these ballots and early voting and late voting. >> reporter: fueled by former president trump who is still spinning conspiracy theories that come alive in conversations with virginia republicans like collin hayes. >> there is no reason to do mass early voting. i think that would be a lot of the democrat run states have taken advantage of the pandemic to expand it into their favor. >> reporter: he met youngkin at a rally this week and plans to vote for him on the traditional election day november 2nd. there is no such skepticism from democrats. top party officials tell cnn mcauliffe's best chance to win is by banking such a sizable early share of votes that youngkin can't catch up. >> those that have not voted make me a promise you'll vote this week. we got to get early vote. >> reporter: tonight vice president harris is joining mcauliffe at a campaign rally to encourage democrats to vote early a message to be amplified in the days ahead with visits from president biden and former president obama. the youngkin campaign has been