Virginia Right!

The data and charts are posted here on Political Poll Check. The Short Version: After a few weeks of collecting and compiling data for Political Poll Check, we finally saw our first poll come in for a second time around (since we began collecting data). This gives us the first opportunity to compare the same [...]

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Please bookmark Political Poll Check today and know what the polls are really telling us! A new site is now in operation that corrects the polls that are so badly skewed by the Mainstream Media and are intended to demoralize Republicans and engage the Democratic base. These polls are using some pretty wild statistical samples [...]

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Well, there they go again. Polls should measure public opinion, not attempt to sway it. What makes for a good poll these days? Well, the same as always. A good sample size, I prefer at least 1,000. And most importantly, a party makeup that realistically reflects the public at large. These days, I accept a [...]

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While the Greek Pirate Party only garnered about one half of one percent in the recent election, its counterpart in Germany is rolling right along, having won seats in a third state parliament:  The northern state of Schleswig-Holstein: Voters in the North German state of Schleswig-Holstein have chosen a new parliament. The Pirate Party has [...]

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A new Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey reveals Virginia US Senate Candidate George Allen is walking away with the Republican nomination. Allen received 66% of the tally while the final entrant into the race Delegate Bob Marshall polled at just 8%. Jamie Radtke, the former head of the Richmond TEA Party has fallen to 3% [...]

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As expected, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney won the GOP straw poll today but Cong. Paul came in second.  Romney had 35% and Paul 11%.  No other candidate had double digits. I have blogged elsewhere that Romney will be out of the race due to his Obamacare type health plan in his home state and [...]

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New American’s for New Leadership Ad for Sharon Angle. According to Dick Morris: If we get this ad on and get enough weight behind it, it will destroy Harry Reid. The ad has no heated rhetoric, no slanted adjectives.  It just accurately describes Reid’s record and Angle’s positions.  It lets words like “Stimulus Package”  “TARP”  [...]

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In more good news for Tea Party followers and perhaps for Ron Paul Libertarians, Raul Labrador, the GOP nominee in the First Congressional District in Idaho is leading his Democrat opponent.  Idahoreporter.com is reporting that Labrador leads Walt Minnick by double digits although 30% are still undecided:  Idaho’s only local political polling agency, Greg Smith [...]

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57 Democrats Vote Against Keeping Premiums Affordable. Barrasso Amendment #3582: “The implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (and the amendments made by such Act) shall be conditioned on the Secretary of Health and Human Services certifying to Congress that the implementation of such Act (and amendments) would not increase premiums more than the premium increases projected prior to the date of enactment of such Act.” (Barrasso Amendment #3582, Roll Call Vote #68, Motion To Table Agreed To 57-41: R 0-40; D 55-1; I 2-0, 3/24/10)

Under Dem Healthcare Law “Premiums Will Continue To Rise,” “Healthy Families Will Be Picking Up Most Of The Bill”

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At a rally Friday, with 4 days to go until the election, Democrat Creigh Deeds said:

“Four days — four days, that’s all we’re asking. I know the polls don’t look good, but if I got discouraged every time, I’d probably be shoveling manure,” Deeds said.

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A new poll just out proves my calculations on a post earlier today were correct when I posted the correctly weighted poll numbers and arrived at a McDonnell Lead of 54% to 33% for Deeds. At least the numbers for McDonnell were pretty close.

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The McDonnell campaign has been very clear about the large lead in most polls. They don’t believe their lead is double digits. Public Policy Polling has some interesting and, I believe, highly partisan polls. The conclusions they reach in their explanations show their pro Democrat bias.

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Democratic candidate for Governor Creigh Deeds has quite a dilemma. The polls are showing him down by large margins. Double digits, in fact. The latest Washington Post poll has Deeds down by 15 points! So, what exactly is the problem?

We are all keenly aware of his lack of any comprehensive plans for … well, anything at all. He mostly wants to wait until after he is elected to decide what to do.

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According to a Reuters Report, the Service Employees International Union Local 1000, California’s largest state employees’ union voted on Saturday to approve a strike authorization measure to protest furloughs of state workers and pressure state officials to ratify its labor contract.

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A new poll taken by SurveyUSA has Republican Bob McDonnell up by 15 points over Creigh Deeds. Bill Bolling and Ken Cuccinelli are also up double digits over their opponents. Here are the results:

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