Election 2009 actual results: Bob McDonnell 58.6 percent for a 17.4 percent margin of victory. Virtucon rankings are based upon total amount the two numbers deviate from the actual numbers.
1. Survey USA (10/30-11/1) – 58% / 18% (deviation 1.2%)
2. VCU (10/21-25) – 54% / 18% (deviation 5.2%)
3. (TIE) PPP (10/31-11/1) – 56% / 14% (deviation 6%)
3. (TIE) Roanoke College (10/21-27) – 53% / 17% (deviation 6%)
5. Suffolk Univ. (10/26-28) – 54% / 14% (deviation 8%)
6. Rasmussen (10/27) – 54% / 13% (deviation 9%)
7. Washington Post (10/22-25) – 55% / 11% (deviation 10%)
8. Times Dispatch / Mason Dixon (10/28-29) – 53% / 12% (deviation 11%)
9. Daily Kos / Research 2000 (10/26-28) – 54% / 10% (deviation 12%)
10. Virginia Pilot / CNU (10/8-13) – 45% / 14% (deviation 17%)
11. Clarus (10/18-19) – 49% / 8% (deviation 19%)
Next time you see a poll, judge it by its past performance. Here is how they rank in terms of accuracy based upon the 2008 presidential election:
1T. Rasmussen (11/1-3)**
1T. Pew (10/29-11/1)**
3. YouGov/Polimetrix (10/18-11/1)
4. Harris Interactive (10/20-27)
5. GWU (Lake/Tarrance) (11/2-3)*
6T. Diageo/Hotline (10/31-11/2)*
6T. ARG (10/25-27)*
8T. CNN (10/30-11/1)
8T. Ipsos/McClatchy (10/30-11/1)
10. DailyKos.com (D)/Research 2000 (11/1-3)
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(If you're below DailyKos, you don't deserve to be taken seriously for another four years. Better luck in 2012.)
11. AP/Yahoo/KN (10/17-27)
12. Democracy Corps (D) (10/30-11/2)
13. FOX (11/1-2)
14. Economist/YouGov (10/25-27)
15. IBD/TIPP (11/1-3)
16. NBC/WSJ (11/1-2)
17. ABC/Post (10/30-11/2)
18. Marist College (11/3)
19. CBS (10/31-11/2)
20. Gallup (10/31-11/2)
21. Reuters/ C-SPAN/ Zogby (10/31-11/3)
22. CBS/Times (10/25-29)
23. Newsweak (10/22-23)
Great stuff, Jim! You uncovered a key piece of evidence that I thought I would never see!
I love it when the right-wingers eat their own. Keep it up guys!
p.s. Please Jim, you’ve not lost all your integrity by actually BELIEVING that Fox News “We report, You decide” crap have you?!? It’s almost as laughably transparent as that bufoon O’Reilly’s so-called “No Spin” Zone. Yeah, OK, no spin. Whatever.
Geez, I can’t believe this guy works for the government in Homeland security…looks suspiously close to many, many terroists and terrorit organizations.
Thanks, Jim. This should put to rest the uninformed charges that Faisel failed to disclose all of his dealings, as well as the inaccurate claims that he worked for these islamic organizations.
The disclosure shows that he was a consultant, not an employee.
For those who think you should be disqualified for past associations with groups that later have allegations against them, this will verify what we already knew,which is that Faisel DID have associations with these groups — something he never denied.
For the rest of us who know Faisel or know those who support him, and who understand that hindsight is 20/20, this should put this islamophobia incident to rest.
Of course, for Greg this was never about Faisel being Muslim, it was about Faisel being Chapman’s attorney. And some will disqualify Faisel for that as well, or for just being a Chapman supporter.
But I certainly hope we have nipped in the bud the “guilt-by-association” crap. I hate it when its done to democrats, I hate it when it’s done to republicans. If someone meets with a “known terrorist” after THEY know the person is a terrorist, then let’s blast them for it. These organizations here are all ones that, at the time Faisel provided consulting for them, were NOT considered enemies of the state.
Look this dude consorted with known enemies of the United States, I hope he is CIA and acting as an agent and not just some fool funnelling information and money to terrorists..
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