Election 2009: Exit Polls Show Obama Not As Helpful As He Thought
by RMR | 6:51 pm, November 3, 2009 | Comments Off
Barack Obama made a number of trips to Virginia and New Jersey to help out Democratic gov. candidates Creigh Deeds and Jon Corzine, but exit polling of the races out tonight shows that Obama’s trips were a wash with voters in deep-blue New Jersey and may have actually motivated the opposition more in Virginia. The National Journal reports:
A majority of voters in both states said, for the most part, that Pres. Obama wasn’t a factor in their vote. In NJ, 60% said Obama’s support of Corzine didn’t play a role either way, which 55% of VA voters said they didn’t consider Obama’s embrace of state Sen. Creigh Deeds (D) when deciding how to vote.
Of voters who said Obama’s support did play a role, 19% of NJ voters said they were voting to support Obama, while 20% said they were voting to oppose him. In VA, 18% were seeking to support Obama while 24% voted as an expression of opposition to Obama.
