Virginia Right!

This is pretty big. Former Virginia Governor Doug Wilder, the nation’s first elected black governor decided not to extend his endorsement of Barack Obama for his reelection. According to the Times Dispatch: Former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, who backed Democrat Barack Obama for president in 2008, did not endorse Obama or Republican Mitt Romney in [...]

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Pew Polling released a new poll tabulating data that they collected after the Republican debate. The poll was taken between 10/4 and 10/7. The results show Mitt Romney with a 4 point lead on Barack Obama 49% to 45%. The previous poll by Pew showed Obama with an 8 point lead over Romney 51% – [...]

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This is the biggest swing I have seen in the daily Gallup poll. President Obama’s Approval dropped 4 points and his disapproval jumped 5 – in one day. He now stands at 45% Approve and 48% Disapprove. A good part of this drop has to be the economy. But more than that, this marks the [...]

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The UKIP came in third in a local by-election in Tunbridge West behind the Tory and the LibDem candidates. Claire Brown took one of two seats for the Pembury Ward on Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in a 13.8% swing. The UKIP candidate came third. Ms Brown won 578 votes, Conservative Robert William 460 and UKIP [...]

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Here’s another report about the possibility of a write-in campaign for Rep. Mike Castle.  The Examiner writer, Cullen Linebarger, cites a very preliminary poll: One of the nation’s top election prognosticators, Nate Silver, tried to model a possible three-way race between Coons, O’Donnell, and Castle. He came up with the following: Coons with 37 percent [...]

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A new Gallup poll shows that the gap between people identifying themselves as Democrats and Republicans has evaporated since President Obama was elected and is now a virtual tie. In 2008, 53% of the country identified themselves as Democrats and only 39% as Republicans.

In a Gallup poll released April 23, 2010, Democrats now hold a 1% advantage at 46% to 45% – a statistical dead heat.

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Bad news for Creigh Deeds and company. A recent SurveyUSA poll showed a 15 point lead for Republican Bob McDonnell. Many of the liberal bloggers took issue with such a large lead, and not surprisingly, attacked the polls methods and weighting.

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