--------- PPP's newest Virginia poll finds a pretty steady race with Terry McAuliffe leading Ken Cuccinelli 41-37. Those numbers are virtually unchanged from late May when McAuliffe had a 42-37 advantage. Libertarian Robert Sarvis, included for the first time, polls at 7%. His support is a reflection of voter unhappiness with both candidates.
Virginians aren't high on Terry McAuliffe. 34% have a favorable opinion of him to 36% with a negative one, and 30% don't have one either way. But he fares a whole lot better than Ken Cuccinelli, who has a -15 net favorability rating with 32% of voters seeing him positively and 47% unfavorably. This race may come down to who voters think is the lesser of two evils and for now that's McAuliffe. The two candidates are tied with men, but McAuliffe leads based on his 7 point advantage with women. Cuccinelli's 75% of Republicans is slightly more than McAuliffe's 73% of Democrats, but McAuliffe makes up for that with a 7 point lead among independents at 40/33. McAuliffe leads with every age group except for seniors, where Cuccinelli has a 7 point advantage that's helping him to keep the race competitive overall. Democrats lead the down ballot races in the state as well. The widest margin is in the Lieutenant Governor contest where Ralph Northam has a 7 point lead over E.W. Jackson at 42/35. Jackson has higher name recognition than Northam, but that's not a good thing because 15% of voters have a positive opinion of him compared to 28% with a negative one. 25% of Republicans are undecided in the race, compared to only 14% of Democrats, suggesting a lot of GOP voters have some doubts about their party nominee. The closest statewide race is the one for Attorney General where Mark Herring leads Mark Obenshain 38-36 but there is still a substantial percentage of voters- 25%- undecided. Neither candidate in that race has made much of an impact on the public yet. Obenshain's name recognition is just 33% and Herring's is 28%, with voters closely divided in their opinions about both of them. Finally Democrats have a narrow advantage on the generic legislative ballot at 46/42...what that might equate to in terms of ability to gain seats though may be limited by Republican friendly districting lines. Full results here<http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_VA_716.pdf> -- Please Note: If you hit "*REPLY*", your message will be sent to *everyone*on this mailing list ( [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '[email protected]');>) This message was sent by bruce ([email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '[email protected]');>) from Washington D.C. Libertarian Meetup<http://www.meetup.com/libertarian-364/> . To learn more about bruce, visit his/her member profile<http://www.meetup.com/libertarian-364/members/10075860/> Set my mailing list to email me As they are sent<http://www.meetup.com/libertarian-364/list_prefs/?pref=1>| In one daily email <http://www.meetup.com/libertarian-364/list_prefs/?pref=2>| Don't send me mailing list messages<http://www.meetup.com/libertarian-364/list_prefs/?pref=0> Meetup, POB 4668 #37895 NY NY USA 10163 <#13ff842992ad02fc_> | [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '[email protected]');> -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
