Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) Virginia 2012 Senatorial Survey

Rasmussen (R) Virginia 2012 Senate Poll

• Tim Kaine 45% (46%) {46%} [46%] (45%) {44%} [46%] (46%)
• George Allen 45% (46%) {45%} [44%] (46%) {46%} [46%] (45%)
• Some other candidate 2% (2%) {5%} [3%] (4%) {3%} [3%] (3%)
• Undecided 8% (6%) {5%} [6%] (5%) {7%} [5%] (7%)

Survey of 500 likely voters was conducted August 23, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 4.5 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted August 7, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted July 16-17, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 3, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 23, 2012 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted March 20, 2012 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 21, 2012 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 28, 2011 are in parentheses. 

Inside the numbers:

Kaine has the backing of 93% of the state's Democrats, while 85% of Virginia Republicans support Allen. Among voters in the state not affiliated with either major political party, the Republican leads by 13 points.

Twenty-five percent (25%) of Virginia voters view Allen very favorably, while nearly as many (23%) regard him very unfavorably. For Kaine, opinions are 23% very favorable, 30% very unfavorable. Kaine’s reviews are a bit more negative than they were earlier this month.