Posted on 10/23/2006 6:17:08 PM PDT by freespirited
Republican Sen. George Allen is slightly ahead of Democratic challenger Jim Webb in a close Virginia race that could determine whether the GOP retains control of the U.S. Senate.
A statewide survey by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. showed that 47 percent supported Allen's re-election while 43 percent favored Webb, a former Republican and first-time candidate.
Two percent supported independent Gail Parker and 8 percent were undecided.
The results, published Monday night on the Web sites of several Virginia newspapers, are based on telephone interviews conducted Oct. 17-19 with 625 registered voters statewide.
Allen's tenuous advantage is equal to the poll's margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
The poll shows slight improvement for the former governor from a Sept. 29 Mason-Dixon poll, which showed both candidates with 43 percent.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailypress.com ...
Allen will win.
Vote early and often.
And isn't the crAP one of the main sources for the Washington ComPost?
In 2004 liberal media polls and knee jerk conservative pundits had Virginia as too close to call and they did not call it until like 10:00 PM with President Bush having 13% advantage victory over Kerry, 4% more than his victory over Gore in 2000.
Wow, I just read the same "this will determine" article re: another race.
Meanwhile ... Gnashing of teeth at the Washington Compost, who has worked so hard to destroy this good man.
Here is something interesting from US News:
Democrats are also banking on fast-growing Northern Virginia counties, which are drawing new Democratic residents from the Washington, D.C., area, to produce up to 40 percent of Webb's votes. A recent Washington Post poll gave Webb a 14-point lead in Northern Virginia but had him 10 points behind in the rest of the state.
Webb's lead in Northern Virginia (14 percentage points) is not nearly enough to give him the votes he needs to offset Allen's advantage in the rest of the state. Only 25% of the state's population lives in Northern Virginia.
Allen should win by at least 4 percentage points if the Post's numbers are accurate (which I doubt. They don't show the sample composition, so the Central Committee is probably hiding oversampling of rats. Which means Allen could win by an even larger margin.)
Registered voters, not likely voters. Allen's lead is 3-5% greater than in this poll.
I'm just not believing this poll, I think Allen will win handily.
It did my heart good to know I raised such a smart kid.
Followed my Chicago roots and voted early for Allen and Drake. Too bad my ethics prevent me from voting often.
Only the fourth consecutive poll putting Allen ahead, but its still news to the media.
Congratulations indeed!
Stafford County will go big for Senator Allen. GO GET 'EM, GEORGE!
Allen's holding his end of the line well in Virginia. He'll be reelected by a wider margin than this, as I'm sure the media has scared some voters away from telling pollsters they're supporting him.
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