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Virginia Senate: Allen (R) 46%, Kaine (D) 44%
Rasmussen Reports ^ | March 21, 2012

Posted on 03/21/2012 3:07:02 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued

The U.S. Senate race in Virginia remains a toss-up, with Republican George Allen ahead of Democrat Tim Kaine by just two points.

The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey finds Allen drawing 46% of the vote to Kaine’s 44%. Three percent (3%) prefer some other candidate, and seven percent (7%) are undecided.

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 2012polls; allen2012; kaine; polls; va2012
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To: KoRn

Suspect if Romney is at the top of the ticket, lots of Democrats will be elected in November.


21 posted on 03/21/2012 7:30:03 PM PDT by Rational Thought
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To: Clintonfatigued

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO! Go Allen! always liked George Allen:) do hope he wins!


22 posted on 03/21/2012 7:34:48 PM PDT by katiedidit1 ("This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever." the Irish)
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To: ExNewsExSpook

>> there aren’t enough “blue” voters in the D.C. suburbs to put Tim over the top <<

Agreed. And I’d add at least three points:

1. The “purple” voters of Fairfax County went for the GOP in the last gubernatorial election, in 2009. No sign that they’ve developed a sudden love for the Dhims, and they still seem to like McDonnell. They are also exactly the kind of “moderates” and independents whom Romney will attract, thereby helping Allen.

2. Webb took many votes from these groups: the Vietnamese, the Navy/Marine Corp folks in Hampton Roads, and the “Scotch-Irish” of the Valley and SW Virginia. Kaine lacks the special appeal Webb had to these voters, and their return to the GOP will easily give Allen more than the 5000-or-so vote margin by which he lost in 2006.

3. The Washington Post will be so busy defending Obama that they won’t have the time or space to mount another “Maccaca” campaign againt Allen!


23 posted on 03/21/2012 7:47:13 PM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: BillyBoy

Jamie Radtke is the Tea Party alternative for VA. She appeared at our local Patriots meeting and opened the event by singing a beautiful rendition of “God Bless America.”


24 posted on 03/21/2012 8:09:22 PM PDT by ScottinVA (A single drop of American blood for muslims is one drop too many!)
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Quinnipiac poll of likely voters yesterday had Kaine up 47-44 and Obama ahead of Romney 50-42 or 49-43 with McDonnell as VP. Pretty depressing. I was never able to find the weight of the poll however.


25 posted on 03/21/2012 8:10:05 PM PDT by amishman
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To: BillyBoy
E.W. Jackson Sr. (R) - Minister, Ex-Attorney, Tea Party Activist & USMC Veteran

This one has my vote in the June primary. Jackson for Virginia

26 posted on 03/21/2012 8:34:36 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: ExNewsExSpook

We talked about this at church tonight. We all agreed that we would pay $4.00 a gallon to get rid of the socialist pig.


27 posted on 03/21/2012 10:11:33 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (God is watching America. He is judging America. He does not like what He is seeing.)
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To: HokieMom

The media would have a heart attack at a Conservative Rev. Jackson in the Senate.


28 posted on 03/21/2012 11:44:59 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj
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To: BillyBoy; Impy

Problem is that Marshall is pushing 70.


29 posted on 03/21/2012 11:47:09 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj
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To: amishman

That will never happen. Virginia going blue in 2008 was a fluke. The elections of 2009 and 2010 should have made that obvious.


30 posted on 03/22/2012 6:00:01 AM PDT by flintsilver7 (Honest reporting hasn't caught on in the United States.)
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To: RetiredArmy

Exactly what I said at church last night, too!
ANY sacrifice is worth it to get that POSEUR and his minions out of office...


31 posted on 03/22/2012 6:06:14 AM PDT by matginzac
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To: flintsilver7

Totally agree...
The most recent election is always the one to refer to, especially if conditions haven’t changed or have gotten worse.
All Allen (or whoever) needs to do is tie Kaine to O’bummer’s hip - which will be very easy - and it’s OVER.


32 posted on 03/22/2012 6:10:10 AM PDT by matginzac
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To: matginzac

The demographics of the elections changed drastically from 2008 to 2010. The shift from Democrat to Republican was something like 18% overall, which is enormous. Under McDonnell and the Republican house, Virginia has done very well. I know unemployment is below 6%, so that’s a fantastic sign compared to the rest of the country.

On RCP, there was an NBC/Marist poll from a few weeks ago that showed Kaine up by 9. The internals of the poll were fascinating - when you look at likely voters instead of just registered voters, there was an enormous shift towards conservative voters.

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/A_Politics/_Today_Stories_Teases/120304NBCMaristVirginiaMarch2012.pdf

If these numbers are indicative of what will happen in 2012, Obama might lose by 20. If that happens, there’s simply no way that Allen will lose.


33 posted on 03/22/2012 6:23:32 AM PDT by flintsilver7 (Honest reporting hasn't caught on in the United States.)
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To: flintsilver7

That’s what I had assumed until the last month. The left got all charged up with the ultrasound bill and the “war on women.” I would like to know the actual party breakdown of that Q poll. I looked all over their poll, but they never stated it. I know the last Rasmussen poll had an almost identical finding however. But, a lot can happen between now and November. Gas prices keep going up, the Ds will be in big trouble.


34 posted on 03/22/2012 7:44:37 AM PDT by amishman
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To: flintsilver7

And I think I misspoke on the Q poll being likely voters, I believe it was registered voters.


35 posted on 03/22/2012 7:49:24 AM PDT by amishman
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To: Clintonfatigued

What’s the trend on this poll?


36 posted on 03/22/2012 7:52:42 AM PDT by raulgomez05
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To: Clintonfatigued

Sorry Radtke is going to beat Allen in the Republican primary.


37 posted on 03/22/2012 7:53:46 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Sorry Radtke is going to beat Allen in the Republican primary.


38 posted on 03/22/2012 7:53:57 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

The media would have a heart attack at a Conservative Rev. Jackson in the Senate.

Wouldn't that be great!

39 posted on 03/22/2012 9:14:01 AM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: amishman

There is a Word document linked to at the end of the Quinnipiac page that says the party affiliation was 26 R, 31 D, 37 I, and 7 other. This doesn’t fit with Virginia in general.

Also, as specious and unfounded as the “war on women” mantra is, it will certainly be burned out by November. Besides, it is increasingly unlikely that Santorum will be the nominee, and a lot of this manufactured issue was tied to him.


40 posted on 03/22/2012 11:08:14 AM PDT by flintsilver7 (Honest reporting hasn't caught on in the United States.)
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