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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%)

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    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)**

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    4. Harris Interactive (10/20-27)

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    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)

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    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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Fred Thompson Web Site Goes Live

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Riley

IMWITHFRED.COM
If you sign up as a Friend of Fred, you receive the following message:
Thank You!
First, I want to thank you for the encouragement you’ve provided me over the past few months. As I’ve said, for a lot of politicians, encouragement to run from three relatives and an unemployed campaign consultant is considered an unstoppable groundswell. [...]

Filed under: 2008 Elections | 6 Comments »

Thompson Dips Into Forbes Talent Pool

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Riley

The WashPo correctly reported that the polling firm of John McLaughlin and Associates has been hired to do polling for Fred Thompson’s campaign.  John is an old friend of mine from my Steve Forbes ‘96 days.  In fact, the team that he put together for that race is still intact twelve years later.  So, while Forbes has [...]

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“Obama Warns of ‘Quiet Riot’ Among Blacks”

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Riley

Huh?

Okay, I can see why you’d want to be warned if these guys were coming to town…

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Fred Thompson Rockets Into Second Place Nationally

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Riley

Fred Thompson, in a just released poll from Rasmussen, has rocketed into second place nationally, trailing Rudy Giuliani by just 6 points — the closest any GOP rival has been to him in 20 weeks!  Even before this surge, Thompson was already nipping at the heels of Hillary!, Barrack Hussein Obama and that Reject from [...]

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“Dumb Laws” in Virginia

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Riley

DumbLaws.com turns it sites on Virginia and lists what they consider to be among the Commonwealth’s dumbest laws.

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Point of Clarification on the 51st

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Riley

It seems that some people have misinterpreted recent posts here on Virtucon calling for whoever ultimately is not recognized as the GOP nominee in the 51st House Dist. to run in the 36th Senate Dist. as an abadonment of our support for Julie Lucas in the nomination contest.  Aside from a single post highlighting a comment from [...]

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More Fred Thompson News

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Riley

U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL), the third-ranking House GOP member, has signed on as a backer of Fred Thompson.  Meanwhile, the latest poll out of Florida shows — Giuliani, 27; Thompson, 22; Romney, 18; and McCain, 12.  Another poll, this one in South Carolina, has Thompson in the lead there.  Finally, a brand new poll [...]

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