Hurt has early polling advantage in the 5th District race
By JR Hoeft | Saturday, February 20th, 2010 | PoliticsThe first scientific polling data has been released in the 5th District Republican nomination race and Robert Hurt has a ten-point lead, according to Public Policy Polling.
The poll puts Hurt at 22%, while Ken Boyd comes in at 12%. No other candidate exceeds 4%. However, and this is the big number – 51% remain undecided (52% of them being conservatives, which were 75% of the survey’s population)…meaning most people haven’t even started paying attention to this race and Hurt and Boyd have the advantage of being known elected officials.
So, there is still hope for the other candidates…but they have a very steep hill to climb.
The poll was conducted Feb. 5-10.
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8 Responses to "Hurt has early polling advantage in the 5th District race"
This poll largely reflects name recognition and a natural base.
Ken Boyd will likely have a strong base of support from his district in Albermarle, and in Albermarle County at large. Which would explain his 12%, as the Albermarle suburbs may make up that amount in a primary.
Robert Hurt probably has solid support from Southside voters, so that would explain his 22%, considering that the Southside probably makes up around 22% of the electorate in the 5th.
The question that I have seen raised is what Central Virginia will do. Will one of the lesser known candidates win big in Central Virginia? Watch Franklin, Campbell, and Bedford Counties, it will be interesting to see which candidate, if any, can get big totals there.
Also the TEA Parties have some considerable influence in largely conservative Central Virgina, meaning that Robert Hurt’s and maybe Ken Boyd’s challenge will be convincing them that he is one of them, and the challenge for Verga, Morton, McPadden, McKelvey, Ferrin, and now Schultz, will be convincing them that he or she is the conservative candidate that they can rally behind.
Of course, if Virgil Goode gets in, this has all been a big waste of time.
yippee! a 5th district thread!
conservatives in the 5th district want to oust Perriello. in the final analysis, they are going to nominate the candidate that can beat Perriello.
go Robert Hurt go
Hi Kelley..Have you heard how the Virgil backed fundraisers are going? I have not heard one word about Ken Boyd’s fundraiser with Virgil Feb 16th.
donna, the only way I can look at the Goode/Boyd fundraiser is this way: if Ken Boyd had raised ALOT of money, he would be telling it.
also, Cong. Goode still has his own political bank account. when he holds joint fundraisers, does his checking account get some of the money?
Nice article. Mike McPadden (http://mcpaddenforcongress.com/) has restored my hope that we can send a true conservative to Congress from the 5th district.
I agree with Kelley, we need a true conservative to vote for like Mike McPadden and Bob Hurt can go; go back to the State Senate. :^)
Kelly when is Hurt having his Virgil Goode fundraiser?
Mike Mcpaadden is no conservative. His endorsements shown at his website show his is not ready to be a serious candidate. Go read all the silly pledges he is taking to get some endorsements. NO other person in Virginia in any district is taking the same pledges. That should tell you something.
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