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)
Well that was truly bizarre.
keep hating…. alienate the gays, blacks, atheists, etc… the minority is united and are now the majority. And you think Lincoln would support you? Your party has not been Lincoln’s party since atleast Eisenhower… though more likely TR (Eisenhower was a great man and president tho). I remember years ago when i liked McCain a lot. I remember months ago when the right wing condemned John McCain. The whole thing makes me sad really, as I’ve always had more respect for John McCain than almost any other modern republican (Bob Ehrlich, Michael Steele, and Ron Paul also rank up there… i live in MD… Dem for Ehrlich!)… but things are ugly now. Any of you ever thought what it would be like if the president and vp was elected in the way they were during the birth of our nation? When the winner became president and the runner up VP? You guys are probably completely against leftist thought, but I honestly think a McCain-Obama administration might be brilliant. Although I attacked you guys at the beginning of this it’s important to remember… I think we all want what is best for everyone. I’m disapointed with Johnny’s tendency to just be mainstream right wing this election (as opposed to the ‘maverick’ i’ve always had a great deal of respect for)… but maybe it’s just the election. We can unite. Regardless of who wins this election there will be ‘change’ for the better. Mrs. Palin honestly scares the fuck out of me, but I can stomach Johnny better than any republican since Eisenhower. Barrack may be far more left than yous guys like… but he’s not Hilary and I don’t think he’s gunna try to censor everything or ban guns (the only two issues i strongly agree with you guys on). YES WE CAN, be Mavericks. Godbless the USA.
-Brian