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The Obama factor: Virginia edition
WaPo ^ | 10/27/09

Posted on 10/27/2009 11:48:53 AM PDT by freespirited

Virginia Democrats hope President Obama's campaign stop today in Norfolk will boost Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds' standing, but most in a new Washington Post poll say the president will not affect their vote.

Seven in 10 say Obama is not a factor in their choice. And among those who say they'll take him into account, 14% say their vote will be to express support for Obama, 15% to indicate opposition.

The ongoing debate in Washington over health care also splits the electorate. A narrow majority (53%) opposes the legislation being developed - while 43% favor it. Virginians are more evenly split on the necessity of reform: 48% say it's needed to control costs and expand coverage while about the same figure (49%) say it will do more harm than good.

Obama maintains majority approval in this poll, with 54 percent of likely voters and 57 percent of registered voters giving him the thumbs up on handling his job. ...

For Northern Virginians and those in the southeastern corner of the state, Obama is a bit more of a positive influence than a negative one (16 percent say their vote in part will be to support him vs. 10 percent opposition in NoVa, 18 to 13 percent in the southeast), while more in the rest of the state see the gubernatorial campaign as a chance to express opposition to Obama (22 percent to voice opposition vs. 11 percent support in the west and 18 to 12 percent in the Richmond area).

Among whites, those who say their vote is a reflection on Obama's time in office tilt decidedly negative (18 percent opposition, 8 percent support), while among blacks, nearly four in 10 say they'll vote to show their support for Obama (37 percent) and just 2 percent to express opposition.

(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...


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Even the Post's poll numbers show Deeds is toast.

GOTV!

1 posted on 10/27/2009 11:48:54 AM PDT by freespirited
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Poll analysis ping.


2 posted on 10/27/2009 11:50:15 AM PDT by freespirited (Liberals are only liberal about sex & drugs. Otherwise, they want to control your life. --DHorowitz)
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To: freespirited
The ongoing debate in Washington over health care also splits the electorate. A narrow majority (53%) opposes the legislation being developed - while 43% favor it.

Since when is 10% a "narrow majority" on anything?

3 posted on 10/27/2009 11:51:50 AM PDT by PDMiller
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To: freespirited
Even the Post's poll numbers show Deeds is toast.

Which means the TOTUS-reader is, also.

4 posted on 10/27/2009 11:54:44 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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Since when is 10% a "narrow majority" on anything?

In Marxixst "journalist" argot 10% equals a "narrow majority" when it opposes statism. On the other hand that same 10% would be read as "a clear and convincing mandate" if it supported statism...

the infowarrior

5 posted on 10/27/2009 11:55:41 AM PDT by infowarrior
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To: freespirited

Well the maccaca wapo has reported on obama’s wanderings. And they’ve deigned to write analysis and state an opinion. Too bad they failed to mention what portion of the state is voting against Deeds to teach the wapo a lesson in carpetbagging reporting. Screw you wapo.


6 posted on 10/27/2009 11:56:59 AM PDT by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: freespirited
Man, all the weasel words in this article bending over backwards to give support to Zer0 would put a double-jointed gymnast to shame.
7 posted on 10/27/2009 11:58:58 AM PDT by JPG (Stand up and take our country back.)
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To: equalitybeforethelaw

Macaca...

I said to my wife the other night...”If not for Macaca, George Allen might be President right now.”


8 posted on 10/27/2009 12:03:53 PM PDT by RockinRight (Shove it down our throats in 2009, and we'll shove it up your a$$ in 2010.)
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A narrow majority (53%) opposes the legislation being developed - while 43% favor it.

Big is narrow in Obama Kool Aid land..

9 posted on 10/27/2009 12:05:30 PM PDT by cardinal4 (Dont Tread on Me)
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Since when is 10% a "narrow majority" on anything?

The same paper said that the 7% win in the Presidential Election was a landslide and mandate. It all has to with the new math, 7% is far greater than 10% or so the Washington Post Says.

10 posted on 10/27/2009 12:07:03 PM PDT by cpdiii (roughneck, oilfield trash and proud of it, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, iconoclast.)
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To: JPG
"Man, all the weasel words in this article bending over backwards to give support to Zer0 would put a double-jointed gymnast to shame."

Great analogy!

11 posted on 10/27/2009 12:12:40 PM PDT by libs_kma (F.U.B.O.)
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To: freespirited

Obammie’s stop my shave a couple more points off Deed’s vote. The state is rife with anti-Obalmy sentiment.


12 posted on 10/27/2009 12:37:42 PM PDT by luvbach1 (Worse than we could have imagined.)
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Its a narrow majority because its 53%, which is only 3% above the bare majority, which is narrow. The key word is majority. For example, if it was 49% against, 39% for, that’s not a majority, even though its 10% more opposed to for.


13 posted on 10/27/2009 12:38:16 PM PDT by cauzneffct
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Of course 10@ is a landslide.


14 posted on 10/27/2009 12:38:39 PM PDT by luvbach1 (Worse than we could have imagined.)
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Look for something like 15% come election day. Deeds is dead in the water and listing. He only looses voters from here on out. Bammy is a fool to campaign for him. But then bammy is a fool.


15 posted on 10/27/2009 12:48:25 PM PDT by equalitybeforethelaw
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Deeds is dead in the water and listing.

Love that metaphor. I say that on election day he'll upend, sink, and break in half like the Titanic.

16 posted on 10/27/2009 12:52:27 PM PDT by luvbach1 (Worse than we could have imagined.)
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To: cauzneffct

Point taken. (Majority vs. plurality)


17 posted on 10/27/2009 12:52:38 PM PDT by PDMiller
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To: RockinRight

Macaca was a bunch of caca.


18 posted on 10/27/2009 12:53:09 PM PDT by luvbach1 (Worse than we could have imagined.)
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To: RockinRight

Right on. that and the washington post, or was it the times...cant remember.


19 posted on 10/27/2009 12:53:48 PM PDT by saturn1964
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To: RockinRight

If they hadn’t used macaca, they would have found something else. Even if they had to say that something sounded like a slur. They were looking for trouble and when you do that you always find it.


20 posted on 10/27/2009 1:08:49 PM PDT by 1raider1
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