Polling Update: Governor 2009 - VA; Senate 2010 - AL, FL; Governor 2010 - FL

Virginia Governor 2009

A WDBJ-TV/WJLA-TV poll; conducted 6/5-7 by Survey USA (IVR); surveyed 1,685 RVs; margin of error +/- 2.4%. Subsample of 535 Dem primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.2 (release, 6/8). Party ID Breakdown: 36%D, 34%R, 27%I. Tested: ex-DNC Chair Terry McAuliffe (D), state Sen. Creigh Deeds (D), ex-Del. Brian Moran (D) and ex-AG Bob McDonnell (R).

Primary Election Matchup (Dems)
-             All Men Wom Wht Blk 6/2 5/19 4/27
C. Deeds      42% 44% 40% 47% 32% 29% 26%  22%
T. McAuliffe  30  30  30  28  37  35  37   38
B. Moran      21  23  20  19  21  26  22   22
Other/undec    7   3  10   6  11  11  14   18

General Election Matchups
-             All Men Wom GOP Dem Ind Wht Blk 6/2 5/19 4/27
B. McDonnell  47% 57% 37% 88% 11% 44% 53% 21% 44% 46%  44%
C. Deeds      43  35  50   7  80  42  37  67  43 40   39
Undec         11   8  13   5  10  14  10  12  13 15   17

-             All Men Wom GOP Dem Ind Wht Blk 6/2 5/19 4/27
B. McDonnell  48% 58% 39% 89% 12% 48% 55% 22% 47% 46%  46%
T. McAuliffe  41  33  48   8  78  38  35  64  40 40   39
Undec         11   9  12   3  11  14  10  14  12 13   15

-             All Men Wom GOP Dem Ind Wht Blk 6/2 5/19 4/27
B. McDonnell  49% 59% 40% 89% 14% 48% 56% 20% 48% 47%  46%
B. Moran      38  31  43   6  71  37  32  61  37 37   34
Undec         13  10  17   5  15  15  13  18  15 16   19

Senate 2010

Alabama

A Public Policy Polling (IVR) (D) poll; conducted 6/2-5; surveyed 667 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.8% (release, 6/9). Party ID Breakdown: 41%R, 38%D, 21%I.

Shelby As Sen.
-           All Men Wom Dem GOP Ind Wht Blk
Approve     48% 53% 44% 22% 72% 50% 60% 22%
Disapprove  35  36  34  59  16  30  26  56

Sessions As Sen.
-           All Men Wom Dem GOP Ind Wht Blk
Approve     50% 51% 49% 25% 74% 50% 61% 24%
Disapprove  33  38  30  58  13  31  24  54

Florida

A FL Chamber of Commerce poll; conducted 5/27-29 by Public Opinion Strategies (R); surveyed 800 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.5% (release, 6/8).

Crist As Gov.
Approve         70%
Disapprove      24

Direction Of FL
Right dir.      36%
Wrong dir.      53

Florida Governor 2010

A Quinnipiac Univ. poll; conducted 6/2-7; surveyed 1,245 RVs; margin of error +/- 2.8% (release, 6/9). Tested: AG Bill McCollum (R) and CFO Alex Sink (D).

General Election Matchup
-           All GOP Dem Ind Men Wom
A. Sink     38%  5% 72% 27% 37% 39%
B. McCollum 34  72  11  32  39  30
Other        1   1   1   1   1   1
Not vote     2   1   1   4   3   1
Undec       25  21  16  37  21  29

Fav/Unfav
-             All     GOP     Dem     Ind      1/19   11/16
B. McCollum 40%/13% 59%/ 4% 27%/21% 39%/11%  40%/14%   na
A. Sink     25 / 7  16 /14  35 / 3  24 / 6   24 / 5  27%/13%

McCollum As AG
-          All GOP Dem Ind Men Wom 4/13 2/16 1/19 11/16 6/08
Approve    51% 64% 42% 51% 54% 48% 48%   48%  51%  51%   52%
Disapprove 16   7  22  16  18  14  18    17   16   17    20

Sink As CFO
-          All GOP Dem Ind Men Wom 4/13 2/16 1/19 11/16 6/08
Approve    39% 29% 49% 38% 41% 38%  33%  32%  39%  35%   33%
Disapprove 17  25  11  19  19  16   22   22   18   21    25

The Way Things Are Going In FL Today
-             All GOP Dem Ind Men Wom 4/13 2/16 1/19 11/16
Satisfied     51% 62% 45% 45% 52% 50%  46%  43%  46%  47%
Dissatisfied  48  35  53  54  46  49   53   55   54   53

FL Has Had GOP Govs. Since '98; Do You Think GOP Rule Has Been Good/Bad For FL?
-           All GOP Dem Ind Men Wom
Good        50% 84% 25% 52% 52% 47%
Bad         37   4  61  35  35  38

If Sink Is Elected Gov., She Would Be FL's First Woman Gov.; Does This Make You More/Less Likely To Vote For Her?
-               All GOP Dem Ind Men Wom
More likely     11%  5% 22%  5%  9% 13%
Less likely      3   7   2   2   4   3
No difference   81  85  70  90  84  78