Republicans Rigell, Hurt and Fimian leading; Griffith within striking distance in latest poll
By JR Hoeft | Wednesday, September 29th, 2010 | PoliticsccAdvertising completed polling Monday to voters in Virginia’s 2nd, 5th, 9th and 11th Congressional Districts:
| Republican | Democrat | Undecided | |||
| 2nd | Rigell: | 48.6% | Nye: | 34.5% | 16.9% |
| 5th | Hurt: | 51.1% | Perriello: | 34.7% | 14.1% |
| 9th | Griffith: | 39.7% | Boucher: | 42.6% | 17.6% |
| 11th | Fimian: | 42.2% | Connolly: | 36.7% | 21.1% |
Additionally, the Rigell campaign released two polls stating that the Republican was leading the incumbent by 7 and 5 points respectively. A Public Opinion Strategies poll has Rigell up 42-35% over Nye, with Golden polling at 5%. Ayers McHenry and Associates has Rigell up 45-40.
(h/t: Virginia Virtucon)
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15 Responses to "Republicans Rigell, Hurt and Fimian leading; Griffith within striking distance in latest poll"
Wow, these polls just show that Scott Rigell has incredible momentum heading into the last few weeks of the campaign. I hope Glenn Nye is brushing off his resume because this seat is going to be in the (R) column for sure after November 2nd.
It’s amazing what money can buy these days! So how much money did Scott Rigell pay to this independent advertising firm and more importantly, where and when was this poll made available to every registered voter in VA’s 2nd District?
Do not be fooled by this PUSH POLL! Scott Rigell is trying to use this technique in an effort to influence or alter the view of the respondents under the guise of conducting a legitimate poll. With push polling, in most cases, no effort is made to collect or analyze the data. A valid population sample must be taken in order for this to be a valid statistic.
Therefore, this is a statistically invalid survey.
Based on the increased numbers of attendees at Kenny Golden’s town halls and social events, I have to question the validity of this data. You need not be a statistician to figure this out. Someone please convince me that these results are not completely made up….
I don’t know about the rest of you, but we’ve got a winner in the 5th. But Republicans here remember losing to Pelosi-enabler Perriello by 727 votes 2 years ago so we are taking nothing for granted. Go Robert Hurt Go!
I’m sorry, but isn’t Golden polling at 5% in these independent surveys?
I just want to know if my friends and I can go to the Rigell Victory Party tuesday night 11/02/2010 ?
Take a trip to the past for a moment. How about January 31, 2009 ??? Remember the “consensus” that the republicans were well on the way to becoming an extinct party?
What if I had predicted that the democrats would be facing a political disaster of epic proportions in the 2010 mid-terms?
No way. Yet it is happening.
Why ???
Like a herd of happy dodo birds, the democrats march in lockstep over the cliff.
When will the dodos of the democratic party wake up and recognize that PERHAPS they are doing something wrong?
Before or after extinction ???
Now Dick Morris is predicting that if a perfect storm hits on 11/02/210 the republicans could pick up 100 congressional seats.
Run dodo run, the big wave is coming.
VBRavens,
60 people (max capacity at Golden’s HQ, thereabouts).
Yeah, apparently you do need a statistician.
60 people. 694,000 voters in the district.
You’re right, that 5/7% seems to be off. Too high.
FYI, NRCC paid for one, Rigell’s campaign paid for one and I believe the RNC paid for the other…(not sure on the last)
Maybe if you pay Rasmussen $10k, they’ll release the alleged poll showing Golden within 5 of Nye. Allegedly.
and i find it hard to believe that 14.1% of the 5th is undecided.
but for those of you not from here, the 5th is an incredibly difficult media market–there is no central TV market, newspaper market.
so maybe 14.1% of those polled just don’t know there is tsunami on the way. catch a wave
Great news, kelley – that means there’s a market for Bearing Drift! Spread the word!
This is going to move the “undecideds” in the Griffith-Boucher race.
[...] garners about 5% of the votes in a recently released Public Opinion Strategies [...]
Even the liberal NY times is reporting VA 2nd “too close to call”. Which means Republican Scott Rigell is ahead. Clearly the VB Dems are still using the 1000 yard stare in a 40 ft room when it comes to seeing they are about to lose VA 2nd.Does anyone know if Capt Golden has commissioned a poll?
These polls confirm what we’ve known all summer – Scott Rigell has more than enough support and momentum to unseat Nye in November and bring some sense back to Washington. The more people hear about Rigell, the more support he’ll gain. Lets hope the gap between Nye and Rigell continues to grow. And who’s this Golden guy I saw mentioned in another comment?
More confirmation that Scott Rigell is in the lead: Larry Sabato from the University of Virginia Center for Politics rates the 2nd District race as “Leans Republican.”
http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/itw2010093002/
Looks like Virginians are responding with enthusiasm to Rigell’s campaign for business sense and common-sense conservative leadership. The differences between Rigell and Nye could not be clearer. Nye will promote the current far-left agenda with another vote for Pelosi as Speaker while Rigell will bring his private-sector business experience to Washington to cut spending, create permanent private-sector jobs, and reform how things are done in Congress. Keep up the good work Scott!!
A poll with only 2 of 3 candidates named and polled is not a scientific poll. Truth be known, polls bought and showing a leader, are push polls by that candidate. Show us the results from the Rasmussen poll.
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