National Republicans may be glad the midterm elections are a year away after polls have shown the party’s favorability at all-time lows because of the federal government shutdown. But one Republican – in a swing state – is caught in the buzz saw. A new NBC4/NBC News/Marist poll finds Republican […] Read more »
National stakes in Virginia’s gubernatorial race
… Cuccinelli matches the profile of the kind of candidate whom many Republican activists wish their party would nominate for national office — someone authentically and unapologetically conservative and willing to fight for those ideas. To these conservatives, the past two Republican presidential nominees, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney in […] Read more »
McAuliffe Leads Cuccinelli Ahead of Debate
Fueled by support with women and better likability ratings, Democrat Terry McAuliffe leads Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli by 5 percentage points among likely voters, 43-38 percent, according to a new NBC4/NBC News/Marist poll released Monday night. Libertarian candidate Robert Sarvis gets support from 8 percent of likely voters, and […] Read more »
McAuliffe leads Cuccinelli in Virginia governor’s race
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 […] Read more »
Terry McAuliffe’s Summer Stunner
In some odd years, gubernatorial races and special congressional elections offer a foreshadowing, or at least a hint, of what might happen in the next year’s national elections. In other odd years, no pattern emerges. We never know which until after the national elections occur, making the off-year elections a […] Read more »
Omen or Not? What off-off year elections tell us about the future
We can all guess the final result in New Jersey this November, and at this point most observers are less certain about Virginia’s, although we currently rate Terry McAuliffe (D) as a small favorite over Ken Cuccinelli (R). … But the truly sure thing about the two gubernatorial contests set […] Read more »