Gun Control & RKBA

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts) Fri Nov 6, 2015, 06:32 PM Nov 2015

Democratic pollsters: Don’t blame gun control for Virginia loss

Gun control advocacy did not sink Democrats’ chances of taking the Virginia state Senate this week, pollsters for both the state party and a gun control advocacy group argue.

Everytown for Gun Safety, a group founded by former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, put more than $2 million into two races Democrats needed to win to take control of the upper chamber of the state legislature. They won one but lost the other, a seeming rebuke of a campaign focused on tighter restrictions on gun purchases.

“This election is a clear repudiation of Governor [Terry] McAuliffe and his out-of-state supporters like Michael Bloomberg,” Virginia GOP Chairman John Whitbeck said in a statement.

Pete Brodnitz, who did polling for Everytown and has worked on several Virginia elections, disputed the idea that gun control is “political poison” in the state.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/democratic-pollsters-dont-blame-gun-control-for-virginia-loss/2015/11/06/7d94f65a-84ae-11e5-9afb-0c971f713d0c_story.html

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Democratic pollsters: Don’t blame gun control for Virginia loss (Original Post) SecularMotion Nov 2015 OP

A pollster who is paid by Bloomie dares not disagree if he wishes to retain his job friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #1

Indeed. LoveIsNow Nov 2015 #2

Ummm... Kang Colby Nov 2015 #3

Well, of course they're going to say that, GGJohn Nov 2015 #4

Methinks they doth protest too much...N/T beevul Nov 2015 #5

Ha ha ha.......that is a flashing neon sign, is it not? pablo_marmol Nov 2015 #6

The reason for the loss is so patently obvious branford Nov 2015 #7

friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)

1. A pollster who is paid by Bloomie dares not disagree if he wishes to retain his job

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Fri Nov 6, 2015, 06:37 PM

Nov 2015

LoveIsNow

(356 posts)

2. Indeed.

Reply to friendly_iconoclast (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 6, 2015, 06:41 PM

Nov 2015

Maybe I would believe this if it had said independent pollsters, rather than someone with the incentive to fabricate a particular outcome.

Kang Colby

(1,941 posts)

3. Ummm...

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Fri Nov 6, 2015, 07:07 PM

Nov 2015

Pete Brodnitz, who did polling for Everytown

And do tell, what do you think Everytown would say? "I'm sorry, Virginia, we cost you the state senate and for that we apologize." Of course not, they need people to believe in gun control as a politically sound position...which based on demonstrable results just isn't.

GGJohn

(9,951 posts)

4. Well, of course they're going to say that,

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Fri Nov 6, 2015, 09:15 PM

Nov 2015

what else did you expect them to say?
Their candidate(s) got the snot kicked out of them because of their gun control stance and the perception of an outsider (Bloomberg) coming in and trying to buy the election for a pro gun control candidate.

beevul

(12,194 posts)

5. Methinks they doth protest too much...N/T

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Fri Nov 6, 2015, 10:54 PM

Nov 2015

pablo_marmol

(2,375 posts)

6. Ha ha ha.......that is a flashing neon sign, is it not?

Reply to beevul (Reply #5)

Sat Nov 7, 2015, 02:20 AM

Nov 2015

It's tragic beyond words how deep in denial Democrats are on this issue.

branford

(4,462 posts)

7. The reason for the loss is so patently obvious

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Sat Nov 7, 2015, 03:54 AM

Nov 2015

that the Everytown pollster needs to offer spin in the WaPo, lest morale decline among Democratic gun control true believers, or more importantly, the money stops flowing from the Republican billionaire.

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