Poll Shows VA Vote Tightening
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Vol. 41, No 11 www.arlingtondemocrats.org November 2016 Poll shows VA vote tightening The presidential election in Virginia is tight- ening up, according to the latest statewide poll by Christopher Newport University in Newport News. Hillary Clinton still leads, but her margin has Just days to go been cut in half over the previous CNU poll two and there are five weeks earlier, emphasizing the need for Democrats to get out the vote so as not to be shocked election items on our to-do night. list for which we In the poll completed Oct. 26, Clinton led Donald Trump with 46 percent to his 39 percent. need volunteers. But that 7-point margin was down from a 12- point lead Clinton held in the previous week’s sur- vey, and she led by 15 points the week before that. Check them out on “True to form for the past several statewide Page 6. elections in Virginia, Republican voters appear to be coming home late, but coming home,” said Dr. Don’t stop just Quentin Kidd, director of the poll. “That’s good See where you can news for Trump, and especially good news for the help out at the last Republican candidates down-ballot.” Libertarian Gary Johnson was at 5 percent, and cause polls close minute. Green Party candidate Jill Stein and independent Don’t stop and kick off your shoes when the candidate Evan McMullin were at 1 percent apiece. polls close! We’ve got two more events right after The election isn’t Johnson had hit 15 percent in a CNU poll in late that. September. First, we have a Watch Party Election Night to won ‘til they count Nationally, the Huffington Post average of keep track of all the results coming in, both locally the last ballot. polls showed Clinton with a lead of 8.6 percentage and nationally. points as of October 30. And the next day, we will have our annual post- election luncheon to talk over good food about the good points and the bad points of the campaign be- fore anyone forgets them. Get you own nasty t-shirt Both events are in Clarendon, several blocks Stick it to The Donald with a “nasty woman” apart. t-shirt. It was barely dawn the day after Donald Trump Watch Party called Hillary Clinton a “nasty woman” before From 7 p.m., when the Virginia polls close, Democrats had t-shirts printed up with the moni- until 1 a.m. the next morning. ker. Sehkraft Brewing You can get your own t-shirt for 30 bucks from 925 North Garfield St. the Democratic Party of Virginia (DPVA) at https:/ This is a new spot tucked away near where 10th /store.vademocrats.org. Street and Washington Blvd. cross. It’s a bit of a There are two shirts to choose from: “This hike from the Clarendon Metro station. nasty woman votes” and”“Nasty women for Hillary.” They are only available in blue. (Natch.) There Post-Election Lunch is other 2016 election swag available from the same Noon to 2 p.m., the day after the election website. Nam-Viet Restaurant And don’t forget what Hillary was talking 1127 North Hudson St. about went Trump interrupted her to call her a nasty This is where we gather every year on “the day woman. She was relating her plan to protect Social after.” It’s just north of Wilson Blvd. and a very Security. That’s nasty!?!? short walk from the Clarendon Metro Station. ACDC Voice, November 2016, Page 2 Report from Chairman Kip Malinosky We’re winning, but . We Democrats are poised for our third an 80 percent chance of winning, we are play- members mutinied against their own leader straight presidential election win, the pros- ing Russian roulette with this election. and appear ready to do it again. The Republi- pects in the Senate look good and even the Chances are we survive, but let’s do every- can Congress has shut down the government House may now be in play. There are several thing we can do to diminish the risk. and diminished the full faith and credit of the presidential election prediction models, such And the risk is real. Hillary Clinton is United States by threatening to not pay the as The New York Times, Huffington Post, the the most qualified candidate for the presi- bills. Princeton Election Consortium, and dency in our history and Donald Trump is the Therefore, we must do all that we can to DailyKos. Every one of those gives Hillary most unqualified candidate. He is radically ensure Hillary Clinton takes the White House, Clinton a better than 80 percent chance of dangerous. Trump has said more countries Democrats retake the Senate and we swing winning. History is in the making; for the first should be able to develop nuclear weapons, for the fences in the House. There is much time a woman will likely be our next presi- that Iranian ships should be fired upon and we can do in the next days. Arlington will play dent. The historic policy achievements of that our NATO alliance should be contingent a pivotal role in ensuring Clinton has the mar- President Obama will be sustained and ex- upon payments. These are ideas that could gin to win our battleground state of Virginia. panded. But, of course, the election isn’t here lead to a drastically unstable world in the short In order for this to happen, Arlington Demo- yet for most voters. run. In the long run, Trump’s belief that glo- crats must encourage sporadic voters to vote As good as the election models look, we bal warming is a hoax conjured up by the by knocking on their doors. We must call out must be anything but complacent. These mod- Chinese and his promise to repeal all of the volunteers to make sure those tens of thou- els are only as good as the polls that go into progress Obama has made on fighting climate sands of doors get knocked on. We must greet them and polls have problems. First, it is get- change is just as dangerous. voters both at the polling locations open now ting harder and harder for pollsters to contact Of course, the risk is not just Trump. Let and at Metro stops to let them know that they voters by phone and creating rigorous meth- us not forget the national embarrassment and may be eligible to vote early. odologies for online polls remains elusive. threat that is the Republican Congress. The If we get the work done in Arlington, More significantly, in the last two years the Republican Senate has refused to do its job then we can help our neighbors in Fairfax polling average has been substantially wrong of even holding hearings for Obama’s emi- County defeat Representative Barbara about elections in Greece, Canada, the United nently qualified Supreme Court nominee, Comstock, who has been a key enabler of the Kingdom, Michigan and Virginia. Even with Merrick Garland. The Republican House Republican extremists in Congress. LuAnn Bennett would make an excellent representa- tive and would be a key ally for Hillary Clinton’s progressive agenda. Let’s do our Jerry Botland part Computer Consulting Troubleshoot and resolve computer and The campaign from computer related problems. Perform upgrades, set-up wireless routers and print servers. the donkey’s mouth Transfer old files, address book and emails from an old computer to a new one. at Sat. Breakfast Phone: (703) 933-0558 — [email protected] Brian Zuzenak, the Virginia campaign director of the Clinton-Kaine campaign, will be the featured guest at the November Sec- ond Saturday Breakfast. Zuzenak will be talking Saturday, No- Published monthly by the vember 12, as he depressurizes four days af- Arlington County Democratic Committee ter the election and will be freer to chat about 2001 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite #604, Arlington VA 22202 the state campaign. Mailing address: P.O. Box 7132, Arlington VA 22207 The breakfast will be held, as always, at Tel: (703) 528-8588 the Busboys and Poets in Shirlington, which http://www.arlingtondemocrats.org is at 4251 Campbell Avenue, basically behind Chair: Kip Malinosky — [email protected] the movie theater. Editor-in-Chief: Warren L. Nelson —(703) 243-7867 (h), [email protected] Dining begins at 8:30 a.m. And, this Deputy Editor: Eric Wiener — (703) 524-6899 (h), [email protected] time, there will be no canvassing in the neigh- Views expressed do not necessarily represent those of the ACDC borhoods around Shirlington after the break- unless expressly approved by an appropriate committee resolution fast. But you are once again asked to bring Copyright ©2016, ACDC, All Rights Reserved cash with you to settle up the bill afterward. ACDC Voice, November 2016, Page 3 Question: Next Monthly Meeting All Dems Invited Wednesday, November 2, 7 p.m. Have you NRECA Building, 4301 Wilson Blvd Corner of North Taylor and Wilson, just east of Glebe & Wilson voted yet? Free parking under building, enter from Taylor Street Come hear Congressman Don Beyer make the closing So, have you voted yet? Voting before case for the importance of the 2016 elections and learn Election Day is all the rage in Northern Vir- ginia, so join the throng. what you can do in the final days of the campaign to Getting to the polls early hasn’t become nail down a Democratic victory. We will also have some nearly as popular elsewhere in the common- volunteer campaign stations so you can help out that wealth.