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President Obama holds a solid seven point lead over Mitt Romney in Virginia, according to a new Washington Post poll.
Washington Post 4/28 – 5/2 (among registered voters)
Barack Obama 51%
Mitt Romney 44%
Other, no opinion 5%
The poll also found that a majority of Virginians approve of how he is handling his job as president. Obama’s job approval rating is 53% approve to 44% disapprove. The state of Virginia is quickly shaping up to be one of the best swing states for the Obama campaign and a likely bulwark against potential loses in more traditional swing states like Florida and Ohio.
The one big advantage for Obama in Virginia is that its economy has done relatively well. The unemployment rate in the state is only 5.6%, partly because the federal government-based employment in the DC suburbs has been less affected by the downturn. While signs of a weakening economy will likely cause problems for the Obama campaign everywhere, the damage is probably going to be less serious in Virginia.
Virginia is shaping up to potentially be the big swing state of the election. If you live there, get ready for the coming flood of campaign advertising.
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I thought the Obama lead in Ohio and Florida were finally now gone – as was predicted by polling 3 months ago that indicated he could not win those states without Hillary on the ticket.
Virginia’s rape of women law has produced leads for him in Virginia despite the very large lead Romney has amongst non-black males (despite the better economy – which kills the better economy means non-black male vote goes to Obama idea) – so if he gets turn out in the black community and voter ID laws and other stop the vote measures do not screw things up, Obama will win Virginia.
It will be a very interesting election that hangs on what non-Cuban Hispanics – esp. the males – and God forbid the left do as to developing a preference and getting to the polls. Now what was it that Obama said about allowing the return of the Clinton tax rates ? – and what does he say before Nov 2012 about a “Grand Bargain”? Or is he back to protecting Medicare and Social Security at least until Dec 2012′s lame duck session?
Interesting why would anyone poll Hilary as Obama’s VP unless they were GOPers still hoping voters remember the job the GOP did on Hilary and they were hoping that Hilary would drag Obama down.
Or are these polls Hilary’s doing?
I expect these numbers to shift if Mitt picks a southern Fundy Male VP or Sarah or Michelle women who can motivate the crowds with hate.
Why can’t the GOP find any Men to run who can whip up the hate like Sarah and Michelle?
I think it’s a cheerleader thing…
Why such a concentration on the prez campaign? This is precisely the “horse race” type stories that progressives deride in msm because it obfuscates the real issues facing our nation. I’m aware that continually putting stories on the site drains the available material, but do so many stories have to be put up? Wouldn’t it be better to let people mull over the information and analysis on the main pages, than to keep creating something new to read? At this point do most of the readers here care whether 0 is strong or weak in a particular state?
Who wants to see Marco Rubio in a skirt?????
Apropos story on Kentucky Derby Eve.
More bad news for progressives, liberals, reformers, and the 99%.
MOAR HORSE-RACE BELL!!!
I haz a vomit.
Poor Jon Walker has the roughest beat at the Lake. Thankless work reporting on elections for a blog full of cynical O disapprovers.
HOORAY…
One of the two corrupt politicians running for president…
Is 7 points ahead in Virginia of the other corrupt politician running for president.
People with large misshapen heads and few teeth are waiting for the Fox polling results.
who gives a shit?
“I haz a vomit.”
If “the cynical O disapprovers” make you nauseous now, in 3-4 months, you’ll need a barfbag the size of a 55 gallon drum.
Signed: a cynical O disapprover. :o)
As Leonardo DiCaprio said in “Catch Me If You Can”: I concur.
Yawn. I’m still trying to figure out if I even want to bother with voting.