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:
MOST ACCURATE:
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)
POLL REVEALED TO BE FRAUDULENT AND REPUDIATED BY DAILYKOS:
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.)
POLLS THAT WERE WORSE THAN A FRAUDULENT POLL:
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)
They’re trying to lay the “blame” for this at my feet and trying to sully Vincent as well. I have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of for asking a legitimate question based on conflicting biographical sketches. Kenney blew this up into more then it had to be, and now that he has raised the bar, he should release more details and supporting military records.
LI, this is becoming cartoonish of you. “conflicting biographical sketches” What conflict? Has Ken ever said anywhere that he was NOT commissioned as a 2LT in the USMC? If he did, then you would be correct. Otherwise, give it up! You’re beginning to look foolish!
RE, it’s odd for him NOT to mention it after doing so early on, and the latest explanation leaves unasnwered questions. It’s not my problem, it’s his. If the records support Kenney’s explanation, release them and put this to rest.
I don’t see this being a problem for Cooch. In fact, this is an opportunity — a part of his bio that he modestly downplayed is now getting widespread attention.
[...] made during the debate itself, one has to wonder if the Brownlee camp isn’t behind the attempted smear on Sen. Ken Cucinnelli questioning whether or not he served as a [...]
[...] As Virginia Virtucon noted a couple days ago, Cuccinelli was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant following completion of the Marine Corps’s Office Candidate School (OCS) at Quantico, was deactivated while he completed law school, and after he got his JD the Marine Corps determined that they had enough lawyers. Cuccinelli requested a transfer to infantry which was denied and he was RIFed (reduction in force) out of the Corps. Cuccinelli doesn’t consider his service in the Marine Corps as significant as those that fought and died for this country while in the Corps and the other branches of the military. Now, the same loony-ass Brownlee supporters are demanding that Cuccinelli release his military records to prove this. [...]
Cuch passed OCS. Yippee. He is wise not to pretend to have a miltary career when he didn’t.
John Brownlee is unwise to inflate his own military career as part of his campaign. He was what the infantry affectionately refers to as a “REMF”.
http://johnlbrownlee.com/controversies/senator-bill-dolan/
[...] These stories are a perfect example of the problems with John Brownlee. For one, whenever he makes a decision or statement he goes off half-cocked: Whether it’s statements regarding the criminal impact that a drug treatment clinic will have; how his position on abortion is more conservative than Ken Cuccinelli’s — it isn’t; and Ken Cuccinelli’s military service in the Marine Corps. [...]