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Virginia Governor's Race All Tied Up: 48-48
WJLA, ABC-TV ^ | 10/9/01 | N/A

Posted on 10/09/2001 1:58:31 PM PDT by Coop

WJLA, ABC-7 Releases New Poll on Governor's Race Weekend Poll Shows 48-48 Dead Heat Among Registered and Likely Voters

RICHMOND - A new statewide poll conducted October 6 and 7 by WJLA, ABC-7 shows a dead heat between Republican Mark Earley and Democrat Mark Warner in the race to be the next governor of Virginia. The poll shows both candidates receiving 48 percent support from likely and registered voters, with a 4.5 percent margin of error. One percent favored Redpath, one was undecided, and one percent chose "other." The poll of 500 registered and likely voters is conducted each Saturday and Sunday and released the following Monday. The new poll is a major shift from the WJLA poll released October 2, which showed Earley trailing Warner 44-50.


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Two words of caution.
1) It's only one poll, but it does seem to continue Earley's momentum.
2) It's a weekend poll.

This came from a VA GOP E-mail, but it is not yet posted anywhere I could find. I did, however, confirm the results with Earley's NoVa headquarters, and Captain Jack Aubrey said WJLA will post the results on www.wjla.com sometime this evening after the news.

If you've been holding off contributing time and/or money to the Earley campaign, now is the time to really make it count!

Click here! http://www.earleyforgovernor.com

1 posted on 10/09/2001 1:58:32 PM PDT by Coop
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To: GEC, Hugh Akston, Taxman, gieriscm, Militiaman7, Politico2, kevinjdeanna, Theo
Good news flag!
2 posted on 10/09/2001 2:00:30 PM PDT by Coop
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey, Dave Dilegge, MudPuppy, Teacup, Chairman_December_19th_Society
Thanks, Capt Jack! Hope you don't mind my plagiarizing!
3 posted on 10/09/2001 2:02:27 PM PDT by Coop
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To: Coop
i wonder if other polls will show this trend, and I wonder how reliable is the ABC Station poll.
4 posted on 10/09/2001 2:04:59 PM PDT by KQQL
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To: KQQL
It's as reliable as the margin of error allows it to be, within the 95% reliability of all polls.

I was polled by WJLA a few weeks ago (I imagine my results were in the 2 Oct one referenced above). It was a recording that prompted numeric responses. Some may argue that this form of polling results in a lower response rate, but I'd argue back that polling is already suffering from a low response rate.

5 posted on 10/09/2001 2:11:26 PM PDT by Coop
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To: Coop
Early and Warner debate here in south central VA on Wed. night in Roanoke. They will be on WDBJ 7 (CBS) www.wdbj7.com). The first debate was only on that channel in this area and Earley wipeed the floor with Warner IMHO.
Doug Wilder did not let Warner get away with anything and that I believe, rattled Warner and threw him off his game.
If Earley performs the way he did in the last debate, and Warner comes across the robotic way he did last time, then it's Earley's race to lose in this area.
6 posted on 10/09/2001 2:14:33 PM PDT by RadicalRik
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To: RadicalRik
Good idea posting the new debate info here. Thanks much!
7 posted on 10/09/2001 2:20:21 PM PDT by Coop
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To: Coop
Vote Reams - Reeferendum Party for Lt. Gov!
8 posted on 10/09/2001 2:28:27 PM PDT by That Poppins Woman
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To: choppersrule, bmwcycle, fenway, maxwell, LiberteeBell, GummyIII, truthserum, Looking4Truth, vin-one
A flag for all you Earley supporters!
9 posted on 10/09/2001 2:28:53 PM PDT by Coop
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To: BlackKnight96, ExiledinMD, TruthNtegrity, GunsareOK, BubbaBasher, ottersnot, conservaDave, TheLion
A flag for all you Earley supporters!
10 posted on 10/09/2001 2:31:00 PM PDT by Coop
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To: COBOL2Java, danielobvt, Sweet Hour of Prayer, Steve0113, pgkdan, Kathleen, BufordP, Hurtgen, nicollo
A flag for all you Earley supporters!
11 posted on 10/09/2001 2:32:06 PM PDT by Coop
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To: Jackie222, Baloo-Myers, motexva, Salgak
A flag for all you Earley supporters!
12 posted on 10/09/2001 2:32:48 PM PDT by Coop
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To: Coop
Usually weekend polls = depressed GOP numbers. This is GREAT news and makes me happy that I just mailed another $25 to the Earley campaign.
13 posted on 10/09/2001 2:50:06 PM PDT by AZPubbie
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To: dubyaismypresident
hope remains alive, in the Dominion state.... Warner must be staved off at all costs.
14 posted on 10/09/2001 3:00:48 PM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Coop
Mark (another one!) Weaver of WMAL reported it as news at the bottom of the hour on his news broadcast. So far, nothing on WJLA yet. WJLA is available online with RealPlayer.
15 posted on 10/09/2001 3:01:54 PM PDT by Ligeia
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To: Coop
Good news...Eraly got the momentum and I heard this morning that George Allen is going to stump the state this week.
16 posted on 10/09/2001 3:18:57 PM PDT by pgkdan
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To: pgkdan
Eraly

Eraly=Early's I've really got to start reading my previews before hitting the post button!

17 posted on 10/09/2001 3:22:09 PM PDT by pgkdan
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To: pgkdan
It's actually "Earley" :-)
18 posted on 10/09/2001 3:25:47 PM PDT by Ligeia
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To: Coop
Good news since Republicans/Conservatives always underpoll!
19 posted on 10/09/2001 3:29:05 PM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: Coop
Good news bump.
20 posted on 10/09/2001 3:44:38 PM PDT by Kathleen
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