Posted on 04/16/2005 4:16:50 PM PDT by LdSentinal
April 16, 2005--In the race to become Virginia's next Governor, Republican Jerry Kilgore leads Democrat Tim Kaine by eight percentage points, 44% to 36%.
Forty-nine percent (49%) of Virginia have a favorable opinion of Kilgore while 33% have an unfavorable opinion. Eighteen percent (18%) are not sure.
For Kaine, the numbers are 44% favorable, 31% unfavorable, and 25% not sure.
The state's current Governor, Democrat Mark Warner, is viewed favorably by 65% of the state's voters. Twenty-six percent (26%) have an unfavorable view.
President Bush is viewed favorably by 56% and unfavorably by 43%.
Just 36% of Virginia voters believe things in the United States are going in the right direction. Fifty-nine percent (59%) say things have gotten off on the wrong track.
The telephone survey of 500 Likely Voters was conducted Thursday night, April 14, 2005. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4.5 percentage points, with a 95% level of confidence.
Just 36% of Virginia voters believe things in the United States are going in the right direction. Fifty-nine percent (59%) say things have gotten off on the wrong track.
That may be the most inane polling question I've ever seen. "[g]oing in the right direction"? Could they be any more vague? And "have gotten off on the wrong track"? Since when? President Bush's second inauguration? His first inauguration? The War of 1812? An utterly meaningless question, if it was phrased the way the article implies.
IMHO, as an outsider, VA should change its constitution to let governors serve multiple terms. It makes no sense to deny citizens the option to keep a good governor in office.
Then you disagree with 2-term limits as well?
Personally, I'm opposed to all term limits. I don't want the government telling me who I can or cannot vote for.
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