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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)
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Caddigan Announces First Fundraiser

Posted on February 16, 2007 by Riley

February 15, 2007
Dear Friends,
This is an election year and I want to let you know early that I will be standing for reelection to continue my service to you as the Dumfries Magisterial District member of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors. I am writing to you now because I have been told that [...]

Filed under: 2007 Elections, Prince William County Politics | 4 Comments »

More Murtha Undermining Our Troops

Posted on February 16, 2007 by Riley

“They won’t be able to continue. They won’t be able to do the deployment. They won’t have the equipment, they don’t have the training and they won’t be able to do the work. There’s no question in my mind.” – John Murtha

Filed under: National Politics, World War III | 3 Comments »

Creigh Deeds Admits to Violating Ethics Rules

Posted on February 16, 2007 by Riley

This speaks for itself:
Pressure to eliminate the rule in Virginia was sparked in part by Sen. R. Creigh Deeds (D-Bath), who recently joined the law firm of Hirschler Fleischer P.C., a Richmond-based firm with a small lobbying presence. Without the proposed change, Deeds would be violating state ethics rules. (emphasis added)
Deeds, who describes himself as [...]

Filed under: 2009 Elections, Corruption, Virginia General Assembly, Virginia Politics | 14 Comments »

An Inconvenient Concert Venue

Posted on February 16, 2007 by Riley

Which lucky bands will get to play at Algore’s “Live Earth” show in Antartica? Will Algore’s Penguin Army be the extent of the audience there? And did anyone bother to tell the bands that are headed to the South Pole that July 7 is WINTER in Antartica and the rest of the Southern Hemisphere? (Wouldn’t [...]

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What is this, 1863?

Posted on February 16, 2007 by Riley

This move by the House yesterday appears to be pretty stupid. In an era when so many college seniors know next to nothing about George Washington, how many people do you think know about Abraham Lincoln’s many travels throughout Virginia during the Civil War? (In fact, I hadn’t realized just how extensive they were myself until I [...]

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