A Research 2000 poll of 400 Vermont voters shows independent Anthony Pollina at seven percent. Incumbent Republican Jim Douglas is at 48%, Democrat Gaye Symington 33%.
Pollina at seven percent in Vermont
September 17th, 2008 · 7 Comments
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1 Deran // Sep 17, 2008 at 12:15 pm
7%, super; there’s a winning number! I was looking, but haven’t found, info on any polling re Pollina when he was still the Progressive Party candidate? And I’m pretty certain Pollina did much better when he ran as the Prog Party’s Lt Gov candidate some years ago? I’d also be interested in how his polling was effected by abandoning the PP?
2 Trent Hill // Sep 17, 2008 at 12:42 pm
I was expected double digits at LEAST, closer to 15%…
3 Ross Levin // Sep 17, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Is Pollina the candidate who was considering running for Lt Gov, or something along those lines?
4 richardwinger // Sep 17, 2008 at 4:13 pm
When Pollina ran for Lt Gov as the Progressive nominee, he got 24.76%. That was in 2002, and he had both a Democratic and a Republican opponent.
5 Ross Levin // Sep 17, 2008 at 4:17 pm
But wasn’t he offered a spot as the Democratic Lt Gov candidate? Or was that someone else?
6 Trent Hill // Sep 17, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Ross,
They offered to let him run for Lt. Governor (as a Progressive or Ind or Dem) and not run anyone against him.
Still—Lt. Gov and Gov. are entirely different races. I expected to see Pollina polling about 1/2 of what he got for Lt. Gov…but not less than 1/3rd
7 Ross Levin // Sep 17, 2008 at 4:29 pm
That was a dumb move, in my opinion. I mean, the guy could have won! I guess I don’t know the whole story, though.
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