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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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It could have been worse, much worse…

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Riley

Despite losing the state senate yesterday, it could have been much, much worse for Republicans than it was.  Dems were within reach, less than 1000 votes in each instance, of taking over the senate seats that Ken Cuccinelli, Richard Stuart, Ralph Smith and Jill Holtzman Vogel won.  It could very easily have been a 25-15 senate instead of a [...]

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PWC an Oasis in Midst of NOVA Insanity

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Riley

As most of Northern Virginia devolves into what can best be described as the political equivalent of the bar scene from “Star Wars,” Prince William County proved to be an oasis in the midst of the insanity last night.

Scene from Democrat-ick Victory Party in Tysons Corner on Election Night
Last year, in the special election to [...]

Filed under: 2007 Elections, Prince William County Politics, Republicans | 1 Comment »

Congratulations to the GOP House and Senate Winners

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Riley

Virginia Virtucon extends its congratulations to Sens. Ken Cuccinelli and Fred Quayle;  Sens.-elect Ralph Smith, Richard Stuart and Jill Holtzman-Vogel; Dels. Bob Marshall, Scott Lingamfelter, Tim Hugo, Jackson Miller, Jeff Frederick and Mark Cole; and Del.-elect Charles Poindexter.  Virtucon endorsed each of these candidates and supported them through Red Storm PAC.  On an otherwise difficult night for General [...]

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Continuing Coverage of the 1st CD – Bowden

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Hirons

James Bowden, candidate for the Republican nomination in the 1st Congressional District has responded to our questionairre. 
1) If elected what will be your top priorities over the next several months? 
-The first priority is to get on the Armed Services Committee (Intelligence is second as an additional membership).  Doing that duty for the District and the Nation [...]

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Meet the Candidates for Republican Nomination in the 1st CD

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Hirons

As the make-up of the Virginia General Assembly is being decided it will soon be  time to start our focus on the federal races. 
First up will be the Special Election to fill the seat vacated by the death of Congresswoman Joann Davis. 
 Virginia Virtucon has already been tracking the candidates for the seat.  On the Republican side there is a [...]

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Cuccinelli Declares Victory

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Riley

Cuccinelli Declares Victory
Centreville, VA – State Senator Ken Cuccinelli (R-37) declared victory in his campaign for re-election at 1:00 am on Wednesday, November 7th.
With all precincts reporting and absentee ballots counted, voters had returned Cuccinelli to office by 94 votes.
Cuccinelli’s victory came in the face of losses by Republican colleagues across the Commonwealth. The Western [...]

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