From the Richmond Times Dispatch 7/23/10
Six in ten Virginians are unfamiliar with the Tea PartyBy: Olympia Meola
Published: July 23, 2010 7:12 AMWe told you this morning that Virginia Commonwealth University released a poll showing a mixed favorability rating for Gov. Bob McDonnell.
It’s really the first independent poll aiming to capture the governor’s approval rating since he took office in January—other than a poll commissioned in June by his political action committee, Opportunity Virginia, which pegged his approval rating at 63 percent.
Of the 810 adults surveyed, 10 percent rated McDonnell’s job as governor as excellent, 30 percent as good, 34 percent as fair and 10 percent as poor.
The poll also found that the most Virginians are unfamiliar with the Tea Party movement, which has not only grabbed headlines for the past year but could have sway in the Congressional elections this fall. Six‐in‐10 Virginians hold no opinion about the Tea Party movement, while 19 percent have a favorable view and 21 percent have an unfavorable view of the movement.
Just out of curiosity, do some of the folks who were polled live in a cave? How can they not have heard of the Tea Party? I have no problem with their rating of the governor, but no not have heard of the Tea Party?
Of the 40% who have heard of the movement, I find it even more interesting that 19% have a favorable view and 21% have an unfavorable opinion. Where do these people live and do they own televisions? Maybe I am no longer a ‘real Virginian.’ I just don’t get it.
More on VCU Poll.
