50% of Virginia voters think Romney should release 12 years of his tax returns, 43% do not

Obama has narrowly positive approval rating in VA- 50/48. Romney slightly under water on favorability- 47/49

Dems more excited to vote than GOP, women more than men, blacks more than whites, young voters more than seniors in VA

Virgil Goode's net favorability with VA Republicans has dropped 15 pts in last month- not happy about spoiler effect

Goode now gets just 1% in VA, same as Jill Stein. Gary Johnson gets 2%. Obama leads 49-45 when 3rd parties included

Romney up 51-45 with men, 57-40 with whites, 54-43 with seniors, and 47-45 with independents in Virginia

Obama up 56-42 with women, 91-7 with blacks, 63-30 with other non-whites, and 56-37 with young voters in VA

Obama also leads Romney 49-47 in Virginia on who voters trust more about the economy

Obama has 51-45 edge in VA on foreign policy. 41% approve of Romney's reaction to Libya, 48% disapprove

We have polled Virginia 9 times this cycle and Obama has been up by at least 4 points every time

https://twitter.com/ppppolls

bigdarryl

(13,190 posts)

11. Another poll showing Romney up with Independents WTF!!!!

Reply to TroyD (Reply #3)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 10:45 PM

Sep 2012

TroyD

(4,551 posts)

13. in Republican leaning states

Reply to bigdarryl (Reply #11)

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 12:44 AM

Sep 2012

It probably makes sense that many of the Independents are going to lean GOP.

But the fact that Romney is still doing well with many Independents shows the race is not over yet and cannot be taken for granted.

I think in order to pull over some of the remaining Independents to the Obama camp, Obama will need to beat Romney in the debates and close the deal with them. Some of those Independent folks can be stubborn and won't move unless they see Romney implode.

fujiyama

(15,185 posts)

4. If these numbers are corroborated by other polls, then Romney's chances are running out

Reply to TroyD (Original post)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 08:59 PM

Sep 2012

I could be wrong, but I thought I saw other polls in the last week or two with similar margins (and another MA poll also had Warren with a lead). Obama has been running pretty strong in VA for a while now...

Turn out obviously is key as well as making sure there is proper legal representation for challenging voter suppression efforts in states with republican dominated legislatures and state governments.

TroyD

(4,551 posts)

5. Link to full Poll:

Reply to TroyD (Original post)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 09:04 PM

Sep 2012

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/09/obama-up-5-in-virginia.html

helpisontheway

(5,008 posts)

6. Great news..

Reply to TroyD (Original post)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 09:11 PM

Sep 2012

I have not noticed much support for Obama in the Williamsburg area. However, I have not noticed a lot of support overall. Perhaps people plan to vote but are not worried about yard signs and bumper stickers this time around? At any rate, we need to just keep it as close as we can down here. Then hopefully northern VA will have a heavy turnout for Obama. I hope that having President Obama on the ballot will help Tim Kaine.