Quinnipiac poll: McAuliffe up 8 points, voters oppose shutdown 3-1 [View all]

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October 10, 2013 - 'Too Conservative' Tag Hurts Cuccinelli In Virginia, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Voters Oppose Shutdown 3-1, Split On Obamacare

Almost half of Virginia likely voters say State Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is "too conservative," as the Republican trails Democrat Terry McAuliffe 47 - 39 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Libertarian Party candidate Robert Sarvis has 8 percent.

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Virginia likely voters are divided 49 - 47 percent on whether they support Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act.

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http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/virginia/release-detail?ReleaseID=1964

From the poll

32. Do you support or oppose Congress cutting off funding of the health care law as a way to stop it from being put into place?

Support 37%
Oppose 59


33. Do you support or oppose Congress shutting down major activities of the federal government as a way to stop the health care law from being put into place?

Support 24%
Oppose 71


34. Do you support or oppose Congress holding back on increasing the nation's borrowing limit, which could result in a default, as a way to stop the health care law from being put into place?

Support 29%
Oppose 64

35. Have you or a member of your family been personally inconvenienced by the partial shutdown of the federal government or not? IF YES: Is it a major inconvenience or a minor inconvenience?

Major inconvenience 25%
Minor inconvenience 16
No inconvenience 58


Major/minor includes:

Republicans - 41 percent
Independents -39 percent

That's a huge segment.


It's official: The RW is having a meltdown
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023821387