Poll puts Warner up 13 points_ Warner 46%-Earley 33%(Tax option stand believed key )

timesdispatch ^ | 11/04/2001 | BY JEFF E. SCHAPIRO

[KQQL]

Mark R. Warner, the Democratic candidate for governor, is cruising toward Tuesday's election with a 13-percentage point lead over Republican Mark L. Earley, according to The Times-Dispatch/NBC12 Poll.

The poll suggests Warner has gotten a major boost from broad support for his proposed sales-tax referendum to bankroll transportation improvements in traffic-clogged Northern Virginia.

[KQQL]

N.VA wants Taxes, so do 17% of GOP voters.
Earley can't be stuck at 33%, what gives?

[KQQL]

hmmmm , Earley at 33%?
14% undecided at this time ?

[KQQL]

To All:
Ops I meant 19% undecided , this poll sounds fishy to me.

[KQQL]

Sabato (sp) said on the Beltway Boys tonight that Warner would win by a "landslide," whatever that means (20%?). Whatever, something appears to have gone seriously wrong. He said Schundler faced a similar fate. Bloomberg was still in the hunt, barely.

Torie I think he was refering to this poll.

[Mudboy Slim]

Schapiro's a Leftist WHORE...are you really swallowing all this krap the Leftist Medyuh is spewing?! My oh my...you are quite NAIVE, aren't you?!

MUD

[KQQL]

I was not listening to Sabato, Torie was.
I just posted this , sounds like a fishy poll to me.

[Dane]

This poll is screwy. It says a majority want the car tax to be phased out in time(which warner is against) and this poll was taken only until Thursday(11/01/01). It does not reflect the Rudy ads and the W. telephone calls. This poll also shows that Gilmore(the present Republican Governor with a healthy approval rating, 61%).

This race is not over and will go down to the wire.

[BonnieJ]

Have you heard about the petition on Democrats.com, to impeach President Bush for the WTC attack ("he did it"), the "stolen election", the "illegal war", and for treason in regard to the Constitution? I could hardly believe they have gone this far in their delusions!

[Mudboy Slim]

"Democrat Kaine was preferred by 35 percent to 30 percent for Republican Katzen."

I know Mayor Kaine quite well and can honestly say he is perhaps the most Feeble, Shallow, and Gravitas-lackin' State-wide candidate Virginians've had in a Generation AT LEAST!! Wish I'd had the time to dedicate to blowing His Etherealness outta the water...but I still see Katzen beating Kaine by at least a half-dozen points!!

MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

"...sounds like a fishy poll to me."

Agreed...MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

"...petition on Democrats.com to impeach President Bush for the WTC attack ("he did it")"

BWAHAHAHAHAHA...thanks, I needed that...MUD

[BonnieJ]

I didn't see the petition myself but read about it on Dem Underground. They are arguing whether they can prove Bush did the terror attacks so I assume they are on the list. Can anyone post the petition on the FR?

[KQQL]

A real poll this late in the race, can't have 19% undecided voters.
I smell a rat here. Mason Dixon is more reliable, and it showed the race at 46%-42%-1%.
If you put the Liberal bias out, I say this race is still close.

[Dane]

In rating the performance of departing Gov. Jim Gilmore, a Republican, 61 percent said he had done an excellent or good job; 37 percent said fair or poor

This is off topic but why does this poll consider the word "fair" a negative. I would like to see the breakdown between fair and poor.

JMO, but the word fair is more "neutral" than outright negative.

[KQQL]

they follow zogby's model.
If for some reason Slick wins, guess what?
Car tax will be still hefty and around in 2005.
Warner will never phase out car taxes.
Kilgore will the Governor of VA in 2005.

[Dane]

Warner will never phase out car taxes.

You got that right.

Like I stated before this poll is screwy. It ended 3 days ago(11/01/01) and comes out with contradictory information.

[KQQL]

update

[KQQL]

There is one more poll to come , it will be from sat-sun by WJLA.They will release it on monday night.
It has been close so far, so it will be a better gauge of what's the voters are thinking before they go to vote.

[Mudboy Slim]

"I say this race is still close."

It's damn close!! And those who try to convince you otherwise will lie to you about other things as well.

FReegards...MUD

[KQQL]

so what's your prediction mud?
Earley by ??