Public Policy Polling is out with its final poll and the results are encouraging. However, it is important that voters who oppose theocracy, the subordination of women, the disenfranchisement of minorities and institutionalized homophobia get out tomorrow and make sure that the extreme GOP ticket goes down in flames. I for one want to see Ken Cuccinelli lose by double digits. This is Virginia's opportunity to make a loud statement that the poltics of greed, racism, and religious extremism simply are not welcome. Blue Virginia summarizes the PPP results:
*For Governor, Terry McAuliffe leads 50%-43% over Ken Cuccinelli, with Robert Sarvis fading (as most third-party candidates do in the end) to just 4%.
*For Lt. Governor, Ralph Northam is beating EW Jackson by 13 points (52%-39%). I find it disturbing that there are 39% of Virginia likely voters who would be willing to vote for this extremist huckster. Should be more like 3.9%.
*In the AG's race, Mark Herring's up over Cuccinelli clone Mark Obenshain, but not by much, at 47%-45%. The problem here, in my view, is that a lot of voters STILL don't realize how extreme Obenshain is, in large part because Obenshain's run a campaign that has obfuscated his views/votes (e.g., supporting a bill that would have made miscarriage a crime reportable to the police within 24 hours; supporting "personhood" legislation that would outlaw abortion and many forms of contraception; being anti-environment and anti-background-checks; etc.) and even outright lied about them. All voters need to do to confirm these facts is about 15 minutes of using Google. But will they? If they do, then Obenshain should by all rights lose tomorrow by as large a margin as E.W. Jackson.
Turn out is critical and those who are complacent and lazy may rue the day that sat at home if somehow they allow this extremist GOP ticket to pull of an upset. Go out and vote tomorrow!!
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