hmm. excluding favorite son bill clinton, arkansas last voted democratic in 1976.
the virginia trending democratic argument is vastly overstated.
I agree. Arkansas and Virginia remain strong GOP.
Seems to me that Rasmussen's polling is all over the place. Thats what you get from small, one day samples. I think he likes it that way because it gets his polling noticed. Particularly this early in the race when there is no way to confirm if he is right or wrong. If I recall correctly the same thing occurred in 2000.
Not too long ago, there was an AR poll that said that the state had 5% more Dems than Repubs. We're not strong GOP, we're trend Dem.