PPP: Obama up by 8 in Virginia
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS |
5/1/12 2:44 PM EDT
The day before Mitt Romney campaigns in Virginia, Public Policy Polling finds that President Obama still has a solid lead in the state:
Barack Obama continues to look like the favorite to win Virginia this fall. He has a 51-43 lead over Mitt Romney in the state. We have consistently found Obama leading in Virginia by margins similar to his 6 point victory there in 2008- he led Romney by 6 in December, 4 in July, 11 in May (right after the killing of Osama bin Laden), and 6 last March.
PPP also asks about the potential effect that Bob McDonnell, who's campaigning with Romney tomorrow, might have on the GOP ticket:
Adding Bob McDonnell to the ticket wouldn't do much to help Romney's prospects in Virginia. The spread remains exactly the same at 51/43 with him in the mix. McDonnell has solid approval numbers with a 46/36 spread, but isn't overwhelmingly popular.
McDonnell at least wouldn't hurt Romney- the same can't be said of Eric Cantor. If he was on the ticket Obama's lead expands to 12 points at 52/40. Cantor is an unpopular figure in the state with only 27% of voters seeing him positively to 41% with a negative opinion.
http://www.politico.com//blogs/burns-haberman/2012/05/ppp-obama-up-by-in-virginia-122175.html
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