Archive for November 3, 2009

Fired Up, Ready to Go Storm the Ballot Boxes

The biggest story of Bob McDonnell’s dominating win in the Virginia Gubernatorial election is the enthusiasm of Republican voters, and the dispirited nature of Democratic voters.
In 2005, I did the polling for Bob’s successful run for Attorney General. It’s now famous that Bob won the race by only 323 votes over Creigh Deeds. Bob was [...] Read more

Lessons Learned From the Virginia Gubernatorial Race

Win or lose, there are always lessons to be learned from campaigns. Here are five lessons from Virginia: Read more

In a toss-up political environment, candidate quality matters most. The political environment has shifted back to even, away from Dem dominance. The mood of the state under a Democrat governor was mixed, and President Obama had a 51% [...] Read more

Congratulations to Bob McDonnell; An Analysis of His Win

(Glen Bolger is proud to have served has Bob McDonnell’s pollster for both his Attorney General’s race and his Gubernatorial race.  Here are some observations about the campaign.)
Democrat claims that Bob McDonnell’s victory in Virginia is just a Republican electorate reasserting itself and has nothing to do with Barack Obama are simply trying to put [...] Read more