Clinton leads Trump in Virginia in new Washington Post poll; propelled by voter-rich Northern Va.

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post

Clinton leads Trump in Virginia in new Washington Post poll; propelled by voter-rich Northern Virginia

By Scott Clement, Laura Vozzella and Gregory S. Schneider November 1 at 7:00 AM

Hillary Clinton maintains a lead over Donald Trump in Virginia just a week from Election Day, but her six-point margin is far from ironclad, according to a new Washington Post-Schar School poll.

Antipathy toward Trump in the vote-rich counties close to Washington fuels Clinton’s overall advantage in the state, though majorities of voters around Virginia hold unfavorable impressions of both candidates.

The poll, conducted Thursday through Sunday, did not show any immediate drop in Clinton’s support following Friday’s announcement that the FBI was investigating more of the former secretary of state’s email. In fact, Clinton held her widest advantage in the polling conducted Saturday and Sunday. But that result could be due, in part, to a more demographically diverse sample of voters being reached on those days.

Clinton leads Trump, 48 percent to 42 percent, among likely voters statewide, with Libertarian Gary Johnson taking six percent and Green Party nominee Jill Stein at two percent. Clinton’s margin is similar to other recent Virginia surveys and to an August Washington Post poll where Clinton led by seven percentage points in a four-candidate race.

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[vdogg]

1. I like how they throw out the bomb "but her 6 Point margin is far from ironclad"

Yet fail to explain themselves anywhere in that article.

[Cosmocat]

4. its just mindbending

The frame across the entire media is always "bad news for dems" while they go out of their way to smooth over every bit of the endless disaster that is conservatism ...

[BumRushDaShow]

2. "a more demographically diverse sample of voters"

The fucking country is "more demographically diverse" than they poll for which is why they keep looking stupid, continually getting it wrong, and acting shocked when certain states like VA and PA have enough "demographically diverse" residents to throw the election to Democrats.

[Helen Borg]

3. She's been leading all along....

Is this surprising?

[Tiggeroshii]

5. Her diuble dugit average in the state, however, is pretty ironclad.

The press eants so badly for this race to change, and it most likely won't.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Trump support

is an angry, white, back-stabbing, misogynist mob

Even the women who support him are angry competitive cats

All trying to get ahead in the world by trouncing others

It may be 45% of the populace, but it's not a growth industry
and it has peake

[StevieM]

7. I am sure she will win Virginia, and probably win the election, but she had looking at a 10 point

victory until Comey and Chaffetz committed their criminal conduct. I am more concerned that this will cost us the Senate, and certainly the House.

[BluegrassDem]

8. Love how Virginia has virtually become a blue state

I think North Carolina will be the new Virginia in the coming years and Georgia will become like North Carolina now.