Rasmussen: Mark Warner 57%-Jim Gilmore 37%

By: Lowell
Published On: 2/21/2008 12:14:25 PM

According to Rasmussen's latest poll:

...Democrat Mark Warner still hold[s] a significant lead over Republican Jim Gilmore in the race for the U.S. Senate. Warner leads Gilmore by twenty percentage points, 57% to 37%.

The race between the two former governors hasn't changed much since early January when Warner led by fifteen points.

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Warner earns high levels of support from liberals (88%) and moderates (70%) and even a third of conservative voters (34%). Gilmore attracts 60% of conservatives and 24% of moderate voters.

There's also the fact that Mark Warner has about, oh, a gazillion times more money than Jim Gilmore.  Finally, there's the small matter of the two men's vastly contrasting records -- Jim Gilmore nearly drove the state into a financial ditch, Mark Warner almost singlehandedly pulled it out again. In other words, barring a "macaca moment" or a scandal of John McCain proportions, it looks almost 100% likely that Mark "Not John" Warner will be Virginia's next U.S. Senator, replacing John "Not Mark" Warner.  Go "Your Excellency!" :)

Comments



How can there be that many Gilmore supporters? (solon - 2/21/2008 1:22:35 PM)
I am mystified that Gilmore has so many supporters. His record  as governor is so pathetic and his presidential campaign such a farce that I cannot imagine 37% of Virginians favoring him over anyone least of all Mark Warner. What's wrong with these people? Do they live in a cave?


Well... (Johnny Longtorso - 2/21/2008 7:58:56 PM)
there are plenty of hardcore right-wingers that think Gilmore did the right thing by "eliminating" the car tax, budget repercussions be damned.

And this could just be an indication of how many people will vote for a Republican regardless of who it is.



education (notwaltertejada - 2/22/2008 3:56:17 AM)
let's not forget that jim gilmore brought us the SOL tests that are a drain on the public schools.