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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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McCain Clinches, Dukakabee Drops Out, Bush *YAWN* To Endorse

The GOP race is now over.

“I just answered, like, eight questions”

Sen. Barack Obama is finally discovering what it is like in the big leagues and it is obvious he isn’t even prepared to deal with the media.
An exasperated Barack Obama scurried away Monday from the toughest news conference of his campaign, telling reporters who kept shouting questions that he’d spent enough time on the grill.
“Come [...]

Tuesday? Yes. Super? Not So Much.

Today is being billed by the media as “Super Tuesday II” in the presidential primary season with Ohio, Texas, Vermont and Rhode Island voting.  Super Tuesday on Feb. 5 saw over 20 states, including California and New York, vote.  That’s right – only 4 states vote today and two of them are Vermont and Rhode Island.
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Plant?

Conservativa takes note of a new blog on the right in the Virginia blogosphere and speculates as to whether it may actually be a plant meant to serve a candidate somewhere down the line.  Also taking note are Bearing Drift and Scott’s Morning Brew.  I do have to admit that they may be on to [...]

Sorry Charlie

Yesterday, we brought up the disingenous nature of PWC Police Chief Charlie Deane’s attempt to inflate the costs of the county’s new crackdown on illegal aliens.  Now PWC Chairman Corey Stewart seeks to deflate Charlie’s balloon even further:
From the Potomac News:
Making up about half of the first year’s cost are cameras that Deane has recommended [...]