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Virginia Poll: Trump Cuts Lead in Half, Trails Clinton by 7 Points
Newsmax ^ | 22 Sep 2016 | Mark Swanson

Posted on 09/22/2016 7:44:45 AM PDT by mandaladon

Donald Trump cut Hillary Clinton's lead in half in the key battleground state of Virginia, but still trails by 7 points, according to the latest Roanoke College Poll.

The results of likely voters in Virginia:

Clinton: 44 percent Trump: 37 percent Gary Johnson: 8 percent Jill Stein: 1 percent Undecided: 9 percent In the August survey by Roanoke College, Clinton was leading Trump by 16 points. However, Trump ate into Clinton's hold on Independents, turning an 18-point lead last month into just an 8-point deficit in Thursday's poll, 37 percent to 29 percent.

The Roanoke College Poll interviewed 841 likely voters in Virginia from Sept. 11-20 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percent.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 2016polls; 2016swingstates; polls; trump; va2016; virginia
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Virginia is looking good!!!
1 posted on 09/22/2016 7:44:45 AM PDT by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon

the poll is still worthless without the internals. 841 likely voters tells us nothing.


2 posted on 09/22/2016 7:46:02 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (HTTP 500 - Internal Server Error)
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To: mandaladon

Looking forward to the debates.


3 posted on 09/22/2016 7:46:12 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: mandaladon

A week after the 2nd debate....it’ll be even and Trump’s election from that point on. A loss in Virginia for Hillary really spells the end of her efforts. It’s one of the states that she has to win.


4 posted on 09/22/2016 7:46:22 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: mandaladon
Lots and lots and lots of government paycheck...BIG paychecks...in Virginia (as well as Maryland and DC).Result:they vote Rat.
5 posted on 09/22/2016 7:46:41 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Proud Member Of The "Basket Of Deplorables")
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To: mandaladon

7 points now is like being behind 35-10 starting the 4th Q.


6 posted on 09/22/2016 7:46:52 AM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: pepsionice

Didn’t Kaine ensure Mrs. Bill victory in VA?


7 posted on 09/22/2016 7:48:22 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Trump-Pence, 2016)
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To: xkaydet65

Liberal colleges tend to skew heavily DEM.


8 posted on 09/22/2016 7:48:38 AM PDT by stocksthatgoup (when the MSM wants your opinion, they will give it to you)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Yes, so many in northern VA and MD prefer Mrs. Bill, and we can’t reach them.


9 posted on 09/22/2016 7:49:16 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Trump-Pence, 2016)
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To: Theodore R.

Kaine would never have won if the election had been one week postponed. His numbers were dropping like a rock and he got in just in time.

He was so rotten and all of his contacts were rotten.


10 posted on 09/22/2016 7:51:23 AM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: mandaladon

We have a few other polls with it tied at 38-38. Roanoke leans left.


11 posted on 09/22/2016 7:52:43 AM PDT by DarthVader (Politicians govern out of self interest, Statesmen govern for a Vision greater than themselves)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Lots and lots and lots of government paycheck...BIG paychecks...in Virginia (as well as Maryland and DC).Result:they vote Rat.

Northern Virginia would also be NeverTrump Central. A high percentage of Republican consultants and contractors would be happy to vote for an Establishment Republican, but not for a man who may break the system.
12 posted on 09/22/2016 7:53:02 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: stocksthatgoup

“Liberal colleges tend to skew heavily DEM.”
==
And Fed employees.


13 posted on 09/22/2016 7:53:26 AM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: mandaladon

From the internals:

D 36
R 29
I 22
Other 5
Refused 7

Hard to see a credible poll in 2016, in Virginia, as D+7


14 posted on 09/22/2016 7:53:33 AM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

you’ll have to do the math for numbers. This poll’s internals and crosstabs are all percentages.


And would you describe your political party affiliation as Democrat, Republican, Independent,some other party or no affiliation?
Democrat 36%
Republican 29%
Independent 22%
Other 5%
Refused 9%

http://www.roanoke.edu/Documents/rcpoll/RCPoll.Politics.Sept2016.Qs%20Freqs.pdf

http://www.roanoke.edu/Documents/rcpoll/RCPoll.PoliticsSept2016Crosstabs.pdf


15 posted on 09/22/2016 7:54:19 AM PDT by stylin19a
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To: mandaladon

I agree, but I must ask: What the hell happened to Virginia?


16 posted on 09/22/2016 7:55:15 AM PDT by Blue Turtle
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

17 posted on 09/22/2016 7:56:19 AM PDT by Voluntaryist
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To: Dr. Sivana

Sadly, that is true. Which is one reason I gladly left the DC area. It is Beltway Bandit Central.


18 posted on 09/22/2016 7:57:22 AM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: pepsionice

With Richmond, Norfolk and Nova solid locks for the Democrat, it will be hard to beat the Democrat in Virginia. The system is so heavily gamed for them. McAuliffe was losing all night until 80% of the vote tallied and he just blew by the Republican in the last 20%.
That fix is in. They see what the need and then here it comes in.


19 posted on 09/22/2016 7:59:30 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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What is this BS?

Wasn’t there a poll from the most respected pollster that had VA pretty much dead even? Down 7? WTF??!!


20 posted on 09/22/2016 7:59:45 AM PDT by KavMan
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