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  • Poll Accuracy Based Results

    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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“Blood will run in the streets” — Not Unless America Is Already A Banana Republic

With the stir about voter fraud created by the multiple state investigations of ACORN; a presidential candidate talking about “spreading the wealth” to large crowds of supporters that might make you think you’re in Venezuela or some other Third World socialist country; and now liberal authors warning “If Obama loses it will spark the second [...]

The Rapidly Disappearing Middle Class

According the Barry Obama campaign the middle class is a disappearing class in America.  The latest out of the camp puts the top of the Middle Class at households making $120,000.  Governor Bill Richardson (D-NM) put this number out there today.
Using a figure defined by a report of the The Working Poor Families Project the [...]

What A Surpise

In 2001 at least Mark Warner waited until he was elected to say he wouldn’t be cutting taxes as promised during the campaign.  In 2008 Barry Obama is already dropping his expectation of “Change”.
What a surprise – hey “Middle Class Americans” – do you feel like the carrot just got pulled out from in front [...]

“Joe The Plumber” Not Sam Wurzelbacher

Several weeks ago there was a big hubbub over Oprah Winfrey snubbing Sarah Palin for not having invited her to appear on Oprah’s television show. As reported here on Virgnia Virtucon there was pretty good agreement that not going on Oprah was a good thing.  Not to push the snub back to Oprah, but more [...]

McCain Avoids “Curse Of The Mixing Bowl”

Anyone familiar with the Springfield Mixing Bowl where I-95 / I-395 / I-495 all meet up will know instantly the office building that I am talking about.  It is the tallest building just south of the Mixing Bowl, right next to the Bob Evans restaurant.  This office building over the years has displayed enormous banners [...]

McCain Coming To Springfield, VA on Saturday Morning

Last chance to see John McCain before Election Day!
Join John McCain for a Road to Victory rally on Saturday, November 1st at Interstate Van Lines in Fairfax County.
This will be Senator McCain’s last Virginia rally before Election Day.
Tickets are available online or by visiting one of the designated Virginia Victory offices between 9:00am and [...]

38 Percent of Virginia’s New Voters Reside in Counties Where Kerry Won Less Than 40 Percent in 2004

From the oops, never mind dept.:
in the counties where Kerry won more than 50 percent of the vote in 2004, 71,466 new voters have registered.
In counties where Kerry won between 40 percent and 50 percent of the vote, 104,805 new voters have registered.
And in counties where Kerry won less than 40 percent of the vote [...]

Obama Camp Finally Removes “Marxists – Socialists – Communists for Obama” Group From Their Website

Back in May, we here at Virtucon told you about the group on Barry Obama’s official campaign website entitled Marxists/Socialists/Communists for Obama.  Periodically since then, we’d check back and note that this group was still there and active.  Well, now it seems the campaign has finally gotten around to removing it after this has become [...]

Try To Steal A McCain-Palin Sign — You Might Be In For A “Shock”

From AP:
Shawn Turschak of Chapel Hill was tired of someone stealing McCain-Palin campaign signs from his yard. Turschak, with a degree in electrical engineering, hooked up a third sign to a power source for an electric pet fence Monday and also put up a surveillance camera.
Here is the video footage from that camera –
[...]

L.A. Times Plagiarized Parts of Story About Obama Tape

The 2003 video tape of Barry Obama toasting Rashid Khalidi (alongside Bill Ayers who was also in attendac), which is now being suppressed by the L.A.Times is only part of the story.
As it turns out, the story originated with Debbie Schlussel.  The LAT reporter interviewed Schlussel.  Then, he wrote his story, didn’t make attributions that [...]

Aerosmith’s Joe Perry Comes Out Of The Closet…

…as a lifelong Republican and a McCain supporter.
Rock on…
(H/T Debbie Schlussel)

Obama Infomercial Flops; Swivel Sweeper ROCKS!

An AP analysis of Barry Obama’s infomercial last night finds:
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was less than upfront in his half-hour commercial Wednesday night about the costs of his programs and the crushing budget pressures he would face in office.
Obama’s assertion that “I’ve offered spending cuts above and beyond” the expense of his promises is [...]

Phillies Win World Series; Fans Riot

From CBS3 in Philly:
Windows were smashed at a bank and luggage store in the downtown shopping district. At least two cars were overturned, the windows of a TV van were smashed, dozens of huge streetside planters were flipped over and some bus shelters were damaged or destroyed.
. . .
Fans also set small fires and smashed [...]

Students Registering, Voting In Two States

**Kaine Administration/Obama Campaign Manipulating Virginia Election
Policy**
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Thousands of Students Found Registered In Two States at the Same
Time**
 An ongoing analysis of data matching voter registration lists in
other states with the list of newly registered voters in Virginia has
confirmed that there are thousands of students who attend college in
Virginia who are registered here as well as in their [...]

Beware of Calls Thu. Night Between 6-8:30 p.m.

Beware of any phone calls you receive tomorrow evening between 6 and 8:30 p.m.  It could very well be someone from New York calling you to vote for Barry Obama or that guy who is running against Virgil Goode.

http://dailygotham.com/blog/mole333/october_30_phone_banking_from_nyc_to_win_virginia

October 30: Phone Banking From NYC to Win Virginia

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Virginia is one of the top priorities this [...]