VA: Rasmussen: Kaine pulling away

[Miles]

New Poll: Virginia Senator by Rasmussen on 2012-10-4

Summary: D: 52%, R: 45%, U: 4%

Poll Source URL: Full Poll Details

[Miles]

And Romney was leading by 1...

[tmthforu94]

What's going on here?

[Phony Moderate]

What's going on here?

The final chapter in the political career of George Allen.

[Negusa Nagast 🚀]

Likely D.

[RogueBeaver]

We're saying Ras is legit now? LOL. Whoever wins the state wins this seat.

[Zioneer]

Eh, it's Rassy, so it might not be legit, as Roguebeaver says. Still, since we know Rasmussen tends to have a GOP bias, this is good news for Virginia Dems.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Junk poll?  I'm a tad uncomfortable with trusting Rasmussen whether it's biased for any particular side or not, to be honest.

[Negusa Nagast 🚀]

We're saying Ras is legit now? LOL. Whoever wins the state wins this seat.

The fact that Kaine is leading in a Rasmussen poll is all the better.

The polls in the fast few weeks suggest that Kaine is surging ahead of Obama, which I would expect. Voters in the Southwest and Shenandoah valley which aren't big on Obama due to his policies and personal traits (a black, Ivy-League professor), would be likely to split their tickets as Romney/Kaine voters. Watch the Southwest, I expect Kaine to outperform Obama by at least 5 points.

[Miles]

We're saying Ras is legit now? LOL. Whoever wins the state wins this seat.

The fact that Kaine is leading in a Rasmussen poll is all the better.

The polls in the fast few weeks suggest that Kaine is surging ahead of Obama, which I would expect. Voters in the Southwest and Shenandoah valley which aren't big on Obama due to his policies and personal traits (a black, Ivy-League professor), would be likely to split their tickets as Romney/Kaine voters. Watch the Southwest, I expect Kaine to outperform Obama by at least 5 points.

This. Ive been saying for a while now that Kaine will run decently ahead of Obama in places like VA-09.

[stegosaurus]

George Allen is an embarrassment and Kaine is no radical Marxist. As much as I want the Republicans to take the Senate, I can't say I'm particularly disappointed about this one.

[Stranger in a strange land]

What's going on here?

Easy. Voters remembered who Allen was.

[Lief 🗽]

Allen's numbers were likely artificially inflated over the summer and early fall because outside groups were heavily outspending Kaine in Virginia. Kaine didn't go up on the air until a few weeks ago, around when he took the lead in the race.