Nov 7, 2017 – We also could be seeing a Democratic wave in Virginia tonight  Wow. Surveying the down-ballot wreckage for Republicans in VA. … The 2017 Virginia gubernatorial race has come to an end. The polls are closed and shocker—it’s too close to call. … In the mountainous and western parts of the state, 7 in 10 voters supported Gillespie in the preliminary exit polling.…

Nov 6, 2017 – In a few hours, the polls will open in Virginia. … And yet, here we are—one of the most critical races of the year, though some Virginia voters probably don’t even know that tomorrow … Also, nonwhite voters in the voter-rich Northern Virginia have lobbed some criticism at Northam, mainly that he’s been very low energy…

Nov 6, 2017 – Republicans have made huge advances in small rural states — think Arkansas, North and South Dakota, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana and West Virginia … On a side note, I would like to give a hit tip to ABC News for their take on this polling data, as opposed to The Washington Post,…

Nov 6, 2017 – "Let's be clear about what's happening in the race in Virginia and in all too many races: dogwhistle politics," Perez sad. … "Steve Bannon just endorsed Ed Gillespie in Virginia this morning, and throughout this campaign Ed Gillespie has been fear-mongering … Northam has a narrow lead over Gillespie the day before the election, according to recent polling.…

Nov 6, 2017 – Overwhelmed public services, housing, and roads have awakened outrage in Virginia. … Virginia voters are likely to make the right choice November 7. … Virginia residents want their citizen sanctuary back, and Gillespie will deliver.…

Nov 3, 2017 – It's been a dreadful final week for Virginia Democrats' gubernatorial nominee Ralph Northam.   … Nevertheless, the conventional wisdom consensus is that Northam is still favored to win on Tuesday, as reflecting in the statewide polling…

Nov 3, 2017 – The Virginia Democrat surely isn’t acting like he’s in the lead. … This is the filing that was made on the Virginia site. … Ralph Northam himself will be in Northern Virginia tonight. He’s got a scheduled event later tonight in Alexandria, Virginia.  …

Nov 1, 2017 – unfamiliar with this disgraceful piece of garbage, a left-wing group called 'Latino Victory' released a television spot in the Virginia … I'll leave you with a smart piece explaining why the polling of the Virginia governor race has been so disparate.   … Northam has a modest but stable-looking lead in the polling average, but outliers abound, including a few showing Gillespie ahead.  …

Nov 1, 2017 – In 2013, according to Le Figaro, Manafort was interviewed in Virginia as part of a French judge's inquiry into Karachigate. … Manafort claimed to have done polling work for, and provided strategy notes to, the Balladur team, and to have been paid by al-Assir…

Nov 23, 2017 – Democratic victories in the most recent elections, and particularly the defeat of Republican Ed Gillespie in the race for governor in Virginia … Pew Research polling, cited in this study, shows that only 20 percent of Americans "trust the federal government always or most of…

Nov 22, 2017 – Democratic victories in the most recent elections, and particularly the defeat of Republican Ed Gillespie in the race for governor in Virginia … Pew Research polling, cited in this study, shows that only 20 percent of Americans "trust the federal government always or most of…

Dec 19, 2017 – I mentioned, in passing, that when you stack the Alabama result last week, atop the results in Virginia last month you see the GOP … Republican Congressional Committee - the political arm of Republicans in Congress - should immediately begin a full fledged program of polling…

Dec 18, 2017 – There was a Democratic tsunami in Virginia; they retook Drumthwacket in New Jersey; and they just put a Democrat in the U.S. … Al Franken (D-Minn.) to resign following accusations of sexual misconduct, and the party triumphed in Virginia in November, winning … Democrats now lead in polling ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.…

Dec 11, 2017 – actual results to angrily scream at each other about -- but for now, we're stuck with an eleventh-hour burst of totally confounding polling … An adjusted midterm estimate based on patterns seen in last month's Virginia gubernatorial race - i.e. relatively higher turnout in … If you're interested, Ed Morrissey has some additional insights into the methodologies used by these various polling outfits here.  …

May 13, 2015 – Virginia Foxx (R-NC) insisted that was untrue and that conversations like those were a distraction from the larger picture of saving … (The Polling Company, 3/13)64 percent think abortion should generally be illegal after the first three months of pregnancy.…

May 12, 2015 – Feinstein, a potential yes vote who talked trade last week at the White House with Obama and five other senators—Wyden, Tim Kaine of Virginia … At the same time, polling on free trade is a more or less divided issue among Americans, with 37 percent saying it helps our economy…

May 11, 2015 – · This wasn't a failure of one polling firm. It was all of them. … SIDEBAR No legitimate polling firm will allow a client to lie about the results of a survey. … · There are apparently more things: On-line polling, land-line v. mobile phone polling, people delaying their decisions, people…

Jun 5, 2015 – Lincoln Chafee, a onetime Republican and former Rhode Island governor and senator, who launched his campaign Wednesday in Northern Virginia … ” … Chafee is polling at 1 percent or less nationally and in Iowa and New Hampshire, and there is absolutely no reason to … Eventual nominees (excluding incumbent presidents) in the modern primary era have always led in early polling in their home states,…

Jun 1, 2015 – In West Virginia, Republican and Democratic state lawmakers twice overrode Gov. Earl Tomblin’s veto.  … It’s now West Virginia law, though a legal challenge is probably going to be filed. … Barbara Comstock, a freshman from the Northern Virginia-based 10th District.…

Jun 16, 2015 – For that matter, what is the point of adding millions more to the polling lists if their votes can be stolen in an invisible instant … , as Virginia learned this past April how any hacker—influenced by a foreign or domestic power—could steal enough votes to change an…

Jul 14, 2015 – In Virginia, almost a quarter of doctors aren’t accepting new Medicaid recipients–and those already enrolled into this government-run … Last July, I wrote about a landmark study conducted at the University of Virginia that found that surgical patients on Medicaid are … According to the FGA's polling, support for expansion drops, with 62 percent opposing a measure given the areas needed to be cut in…

Jul 10, 2015 – And Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore will announce he’s running for president next month. … There’s no new national polling information concerning the top 10 Republican contenders, but the RNC did tell Donald Trump to tone…

Jul 24, 2015 – Americans who say they are “uncomfortable” with the direction the country is heading on social issues. 38, 36, 41—how Hillary is polling … in Colorado, Iowa, and Virginia, respectively, showing that she’s losing her lead. 2—the number of people killed in a movie theater…

Jul 22, 2015 – Marco Rubio (R-FL) are the three leading contenders for the 2016 Republican nomination, according to recent national polling. … Not coincidentally, tested in three swing states — Colorado, Iowa, and Virginia — against the presumptive Democratic nominee, a new … In Colorado, Iowa, and Virginia, Hillary Clinton’s “honest and trustworthy” numbers are underwater by double digits.…

Oct 15, 2014 – The conventional wisdom used to be that incumbents polling below 50 percent were in trouble because undecided voters broke heavily … However, a comparison of recent polling with final results shows that incumbents having been routinely exceeding their final poll numbers … Vitter’s final number was nearly five points higher than his polling average.…