VA-Washington Post: Kaine & Allen tied

[Tender Branson]

Thinking back to when Tim Kaine was governor, would say you approve or disapprove of the way Kaine handled his job as governor?

58% Approve
31% Disapprove

Thinking back to when George Allen was in the Senate, would you say you approve or disapprove of the way Allen handled his job as U.S. senator?

55% Approve
25% Disapprove

Favorable Ratings:

Kaine: 56% Favorable, 28% Unfavorable
Allen: 51% Favorable, 26% Unfavorable

(ASKED OF LEANED DEMOCRATS) Thinking about next year’s Democratic primary or convention for U.S. Senate, if the election were held today and the candidates for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate were (Tim Kaine) and (Bobby Scott), for whom would you vote? Which one are you leaning toward right now?

67% Kaine
17% Scott

(ASKED OF LEANED REPUBLICANS) Thinking about next year’s Republican primary, if the election were held today and the candidates for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate were (George Allen), (Timothy Donner), (Jamie Radtke), (Bob Marshall), (Corey Stewart), (Earl Jackson) and (David McCormick), who would you like to win the nomination? Which one are you leaning toward right now?

57% Allen
14% Others

If the November 2012 election for U.S. Senate were held today and the candidates were (Tim Kaine, the Democrat) and (George Allen, the Republican), for whom would you vote? Which one are you leaning toward right now?

ADULTS: 47% Kaine, 44% Allen
REGISTERED VOTERS: 46% Kaine, 46% Allen

If the November 2012 election for U.S. Senate were held today and the candidates were (Tim Kaine, the Democrat) and (Jamie Radtke, the Republican), for whom would you vote? Which one are you leaning toward right now?

ADULTS: 57% Kaine, 29% Radtke
REGISTERED VOTERS: 57% Kaine, 31% Radtke



This Washington Post poll was conducted by telephone April 28 to May 4, 2011, among a random sample of 1,180 adults in the Commonwealth of Virginia, including 1,040 registered voters and users of both conventional and cellular phones. 677 interviews conducted before targeting killing of Osama bin Laden; 503 afterward. The results from the full survey have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. Sampling, data collection and tabulation by Abt-SRBI of New York.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postpoll_050042011_SUN.html

[Tender Branson]

This looks much more believably than this other college poll that had Allen up by about 15.

PPP will also have a Virginia poll out next week, but PPP's results are very likely to show a close race too.

I think it will remain close until October 2012, then Kaine should open a moderate lead over Allen.

[Rowan]

I think it will remain close until October 2012, then Kaine Allen should open a moderate lead over Allen Kaine.

[Capitan Zapp Brannigan]

I'm kind of surprised that they both have such strong approve/disapprove numbers.

Were the approval numbers from adults or registered voters?

[tmthforu94]

I'm surprised to see such high approvals from Allen especially.

This should be a premier race in 2012. I honestly don't know who will win this.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

We're gonna have one hell of a race on our hands!