Quinnipiac Virginia Primary Poll [Romney v. Paul Head to Head]

[Shane Harris]

Its been obvious this entire election that the GOP is FUBAR. extremely FUBAR. nothing but. FUBAR

 

[K466]

Hate those numbers, but Romney's momentum is what this poll is about. Romney's momentum has decreased considerably with Tuesday's results. That will help Virginia. Especially if Ron also wins or places very well in Maine (35%+).

 

[IDefendThePlatform]

Is there a website where voters can apply for an early ballot? If so we should promote the hell out of it to our supporters in Virginia through Facebook, google, whatever.

 

[BUSHLIED]

Very discouraging news. Even if you give Ron the benefit of the doubt and double his vote to 38%, he still loses...

If Ron can't beat Romney in VA heads up, then well that's all she wrote.

I wonder if Ron will even win his own state of Texas...oh well.

 

[moonshine5757]

we're getting slaughtered

 

[mosquitobite]

And this poll is the exact reason why I don't think a brokered convention is in our best interests too.

The convention will still be valuable if brokered, but not to us. It will be to move the party back to the right though.

Also, if all of us are active feet on the street and working within the party, we can change this ship. Let's just hope it's soon enough!

 

[kylejack]

And this poll is the exact reason why I don't think a brokered convention is in our best interests too.

The convention will still be valuable if brokered, but not to us. It will be to move the party back to the right though.

Also, if all of us are active feet on the street and working within the party, we can change this ship. Let's just hope it's soon enough!

Right. We've done a good job infiltrating the party, but we would still get slaughtered if the insiders make the decision.

 

[Darthbrooklyn]

Whats amazing is the GOP powers that be dont realize or care that RP is the only one that can beat Obama.. Hes sting there right in front of their face and noone in the GOP wants to back him up.. RP would bring w whole new group of people to the GOP because once these old neocons die off, the party is over and they will be weakened for a long time to come. Im not just saying it because i support RP , but there is not a snowballs chance in hell Romney/Grinch/Santorum beats Obama... NONE of them will bring the indys and dems ... NONE

 

[Mordan]

If Romney beats us bad like 75/25 or such, we will have absolutely no claimto being the anti-Romney.

that's all there is to it. RP being a viable anti Romney.

except Maine for a possible win to help winning VA, I don't care about all the other states. VA is where Ron Paul shows he can win a brokered convention. realistically.

otherwise it will be someone else.

 

[thoughtomator]

We have four weeks and this is an extremely volatile race still, so don't go committing suicide over a poll just yet.

 

[Sean]

I am already hearing that the Newt and Rick campaigns will instruct their supporters to vote for Paul in Virginia. We need a win in Maine and we need to win the upcoming caucuses.

 

[gerryb]

Folks, you keep saying they will vote for RP to deny Romney the delegates.

VA delegates are chosen at GOP committee(Or Unit they are called in VA) meetings.

If Ron Paul people are not involved at those meetings, even if we won 100% of the straw vote on March 6th, we won't have ANY delegates.

 

[RPit]

The poll is a reflection of what I've been saying all along. We will never be the anti-Romney vote because we aren't electable. Unless the campaign bombards them with electability related and (budget, social security) ads.. We can never wins.

As much as a 1v1 against Romney is a blessing, it will be our biggest curse if we lose, especially if we lose this badly. If the Campaign has any sense they would start playing up electability and drawing a distinction between RP and Obama and the Indepedent votes and so forth.

Until we are electable, we will never beat anyone 1v1.

and what I mean is 'perception'.. We rank dead last is all the states when they talk about electability. If that doesn't change, forget about the nomination.

 

[Schiff_FTW]

The poll is a reflection of what I've been saying all along. We will never be the anti-Romney vote because we aren't electable. Unless the campaign bombards them with electability related and (budget, social security) ads.. We can never wins.

As much as a 1v1 against Romney is a blessing, it will be our biggest curse if we lose, especially if we lose this badly. If the Campaign has any sense they would start playing up electability and drawing a distinction between RP and Obama and the Indepedent votes and so forth.

Until we are electable, we will never beat anyone 1v1.

and what I mean is 'perception'.. We rank dead last is all the states when they talk about electability. If that doesn't change, forget about the nomination.

You are exactly correct. However playing up Paul's electability would chip away at Romney's base, which the Paul campaign would absolutely hate to do. Apparently, it is much better we continue to kiss Romney's butt and hope he throws us a few crumbs when he wins the nomination.

 

[alucard13mmfmj]

you guys are assuming that santorum and newt is in this to "win", so they will temporarily endorse Ron in Virginia. i think they are just there to go all the way to convention, get some delegates and give them to romney =s. but i am just assuming as well ^^, so theres no telling what could happen.

 

[RDM]

you guys are assuming that santorum and newt is in this to "win", so they will temporarily endorse Ron in Virginia. i think they are just there to go all the way to convention, get some delegates and give them to romney =s. but i am just assuming as well ^^, so theres no telling what could happen.

That's exactly what is taking place. RNC allows the transfer of delegates and all you're seeing right now are smoke and mirrors to keep Ron down.

 

[eleganz]

Folks, you keep saying they will vote for RP to deny Romney the delegates.

VA delegates are chosen at GOP committee(Or Unit they are called in VA) meetings.

If Ron Paul people are not involved at those meetings, even if we won 100% of the straw vote on March 6th, we won't have ANY delegates.

Numbers
49 Total Delegates
3 RNC, 33 CD and 13 AL
Important Dates
Primary: 03/06/2012
City & County Meetings: TBD
CD Conventions: TBD
State Convention: 06/16/2012
Selection Method
Primary
Delegates bound for one ballot
o 46 Bound
o 3 Unbound
Selection Details
AL – Delegate allocation: Proportional allocation for
candidates receiving at least 15% of the vote.
Winner-take-all if a candidate receives a majority
(50.001% or more) of the vote.
Delegate election: At State Convention
CD – Delegate allocation: Winner-take-all based on
individual congressional district.
Delegate election: At CD Conventions

 

[gerryb]

Numbers
49 Total Delegates
3 RNC, 33 CD and 13 AL
Important Dates
Primary: 03/06/2012
City & County Meetings: TBD
CD Conventions: TBD
State Convention: 06/16/2012
Selection Method
Primary
Delegates bound for one ballot
o 46 Bound
o 3 Unbound
Selection Details
AL – Delegate allocation: Proportional allocation for
candidates receiving at least 15% of the vote.
Winner-take-all if a candidate receives a majority
(50.001% or more) of the vote.
Delegate election: At State Convention
CD – Delegate allocation: Winner-take-all based on
individual congressional district.
Delegate election: At CD Conventions

http://rpv.org/node/908

View:
Official Call for RPV 2012 State Convention.pdf
Sample RPV Delegate Pre-File Form.pdf

 

[Cortes]

Chew on this:

Ron's platform > Rand's platform >>>xmillion everyone else's

but


Rand's campaign organization >>>xmillion Ron's

 

[matt0611]

Its been obvious this entire election that the GOP is FUBAR. extremely FUBAR. nothing but. FUBAR

This. I've seen enough. The GOP is a lost cause. It needs to be written off, at least when it comes to national elections.
There are a handful of decent republicans in the house and senate but that's it.