Quinnipiac Poll: Cuccinelli "Too Conservative"

Last night I referenced Ken Cuccinelli's unwarranted attacks on Virginia Beach Mayor Will Sessoms and suggested that Cuccinelli needed to look in the mirror if he wanted to see the real reason his campaign is falling behind terry McAuliffe.  The findings of a new Quinnipiac poll seem to underscore the accuracy of this analysis.  Nearly half of Virginians see Cuccinelli as too insane conservative while about the same number see Terry McAuliffe's positions :about right."  Cuccinelli can try to run from his extremists record, but thankfully, many of Virginians are not being fooled,.  The moral?  That constantly pandering to the lunatic religious fanatics at the Family Foundation and their hate fueled agenda may not be good for one's political future.  Here are highlights of the poll findings:

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. 

In today's survey, McAuliffe leads 95 - 3 percent among Democrats, while Cuccinelli leads 83 - 7 among Republicans, with 7 percent for Sarvis. Independent voters go 40 percent for McAuliffe, 38 percent for Cuccinelli and 13 percent for Sarvis.

Women back the Democrat 53 - 34 percent, with 7 percent for Sarvis. Men go Republican 45 - 41 percent, with 9 percent for Sarvis.

Cuccinelli is too conservative, 46 percent of Virginia likely voters say, while 7 percent say he is too liberal and 37 percent say he is "about right."

McAuliffe is too liberal, 38 percent of voters say, while 2 percent say he is too conservative and 48 percent say he is "about right."

"Terry McAuliffe's strategy has been to paint Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli as too conservative to be Virginia's next governor. Today, almost half of Virginia voters agree, more than the 38 percent who say McAuliffe is too liberal

Voters say McAuliffe would do a better job than Cuccinelli handling most issues:

• 55 - 30 percent on women's issues;
• 50 - 34 percent on abortion;
• 48 - 35 percent on energy and the environment;
• 47 - 38 percent on health care;
• 46 - 38 percent on education;
• 43 - 39 percent on ethics in government;

Voters oppose 71 - 24 percent shutting down the federal government to block the health care law. Opposition is 98 - 1 percent among Democrats and 70 - 25 percent among independent voters, while Republicans are divided with 48 percent supporting the shutdown and 45 percent opposed. 

The job over the next few weeks will be to keep telling the truth about Cuccinelli's extremism and to educate voters to the fact that E.W. Jackson and Mark Obenshain are as bad or worse than Cuccinelli when it comes to extremism and not representing the views of mainstream Virginians.