McAuliffe leads Cuccinelli in Virginia governor’s race
Source: Washington Post
Democrat Terry McAuliffe has vaulted into the lead over Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II in a Virginia governor’s race that has left many voters sour on both candidates, according to a new Washington Post-Abt SRBI poll.
McAuliffe leads 47 percent to 39 percent among likely voters, with Libertarian candidate Robert Sarvis’s 10 percent suggesting an unrest among voters not satisfied with either major-party contender. In a one-on-one matchup without Sarvis in the mix, the poll shows a narrower, 49-to-44-percent race between McAuliffe and Cuccinelli among likely voters — but still flips Cuccinelli’s 10-point lead from this spring.
The shift in the race has come almost exclusively from female voters, who prefer McAuliffe by a 24-point margin over Cuccinelli. The candidates were effectively tied among women in a Washington Post poll in May.
McAuliffe’s strength among women is probably due in part to an intense campaign to portray Cuccinelli as a threat to women and the issues they care about most deeply. A new McAuliffe ad, for instance, features a Norfolk OB-GYN speaking directly to the camera about how she is “offended” by Cuccinelli’s position on abortion.
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Cuccinelli is one scary guy. Ditto for his Lt. governor.
Democrat McAuliffe Has Slight Edge in Va. Governor's Race: Poll
Democrat Terry McAuliffe, a businessman and former Democratic National Committee chairman, holds a narrow lead in the race for Virginia governor against Republican Ken Cuccinelli, according to poll results released on Tuesday.
McAuliffe leads with 43 percent over Cuccinelli's 38 percent among likely voters that include those undecided but leaning toward a candidate for November's election, according to the survey by NBC4/NBC News and the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/09/24/us/politics/24reuters-usa-politics-virginia.html?hp&_r=0
