It's a poll that should scare the
Bejeezus out of every
teabagging Republican everywhere in the nation. At first glance, it's just another survey showing former Hillary campaign manager Terry
McAuliffe pummeling Republican state Attorney General Ken
Cuccinelli in the Virginia governor's race. The trend is now so well set that that part of it comes as no surprise at all. But the big story is
why he's losing so badly.
Washington Post: Democrat Terry McAuliffe has opened a double-digit lead over Republican Ken Cuccinelli II in the race for Virginia governor, in a new poll capturing increasing dissatisfaction among voters with Cuccinelli’s party and his conservative views.
According to a new Washington Post/Abt SRBI poll, McAuliffe tops Cuccinelli 51?percent to 39?percent among likely voters in the Nov. 5 election. McAuliffe led by eight percentage points in a poll taken last month. Libertarian Robert Sarvis, who has capitalized on voter unrest with the two major-party candidates, is at 8 percent, according to the new poll.
The margin between the two major-party candidates is driven by a huge gender gap. Among men, the two candidates are running even, with Cuccinelli at 45 percent and McAuliffe at 44 percent. But among women, Cuccinelli trails by 24 points — 58 percent to 34 percent.
Cuccinelli is a religious right figure, as well as a Tea Party type -- and despite the
teabaggers' insistence that they're a secular movement driven by economic concerns,
Cuccinelli is
what they all are. And what they all are is a pack of religious, as well as political, extremists. Ken
Cuccinelli's big claim to fame is his
crusade to save sodomy laws as a work-around to make homosexuality illegal...[
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