Political Surveys...the First of Many

Quinnipiac University has released the results on a bushel of survey questions on Virginia politics.

• In the race for Jim Webb's U.S. Senate seat involving two former governors, the survey found 43% supported  Democrat Tim Kaine and 42% supported Republican George Allen, a statistical dead heat.
• The survey also found an almost even split in support for President Obama and a generic, unnamed Republican candidate.
• Quinnipiac's pollsters found a majority of Virginians, 52%, oppose gay marriage while 41% support it.
• A slim majority of Virginians said they would support allowing same-sex couples to adopt.
• 55% said they approved of the job Governor Bob McDonnell is doing.
• The Quinnipiac polls also found 55% of Virginians want the U.S. military out of Afghanistan and even more (60%) want the U.S. out of Libya.
• 49% percent said the 2010 Federal Health Care Law should be repealed, while 42% said it should not be repealed.

You may be wondering just what is this Quinnipiac University that seems to have its finger on the pulse of Virginia politics.  It's a private school in Connecticut and is home to the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.  In a post-election analysis of the 2010 Senate elections, the website Electoral-vote.com found Quinnipiac's polls to be the most accurate.

Link:
Quinnipiac University Polling Institute