October 8, 2013 <\/p>\n
Election Day is four weeks from Tuesday, and new poll numbers show voters are gaining more confidence in whom they want as Virginia governor while a third-party candidate is gaining ground. <\/p>\n
Democrat Terry McAuliffe continues to jump ahead in the governor's race against Republican Ken Cuccinelli. <\/p>\n
\"I would say at this point Cuccinelli should be generally concerned about his chances in November,\" said Geoff Skelley of the UVa. Center for Politics. <\/p>\n
Data show McAuliffe is attracting women, independents and even some Republicans. <\/p>\n
\"This is a very unusual case in which both of the major-party candidates have less than 50 percent of a positive rating by voters in polling,\" said Rick Sincere, a blogger for Virginia Politics on Demand. <\/p>\n
That's part of the reason why some analysts say Libertarian candidate Robert Sarvis is showing some impressive poll numbers. <\/p>\n
A poll from Christopher Newport University released this week shows McAuliffe leads Cuccinelli 47 percent to 38 percent among likely voters. But Sarvis was favored by 8 percent of likely voters. <\/p>\n
In a Politico poll also released this week, McAuliffe draws 44 percent of the vote to Cuccinelli's 35 percent, but Sarvis received 12 percent. <\/p>\n
\"If anything, it just shows he's getting consistent support and it's not going away from him as we get closer to Election Day, which is typically what happens to a lot of third-party candidates,\" Skelley said. <\/p>\n
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