A survey of the most likely participants in a Republican canvass to choose Frank Wolf’s successor indicates that only 19.9% have committed to Barbara Comstock, and the support for green energy companies she advocates on her website could be a major obstacle to her election. Comstock supporters immediately complained that Republicans were being asked their opinion in the survey, even though the Comstock campaign had run phone calls to many of the same people earlier in the week that left many Republicans with the impression that she was the only Republican in the race. The survey conducted for Stephen Hollingshead, another candidate for the seat, was completed by 688 of those most likely to participate in the canvass based on attending past Republican functions and conventions and or support of other Republican candidates. The margin of error for this survey is 3.65% means that Comstock support could actually be as low as 16.25% or as high as 23.55% despite establishment support and a long list of endorsements asking everyone to rally around her before the vote. A total of 79.5% said they were still considering voting for Stephen Hollingshead or another candidate, and less than one percent were not sure. Comstock’s support for green energy companies on her website could prove to be a major obstacle to her election. Of those considering Hollingshead or other candidates, only 6.8% preferred Comstock’s support for green energy to 61.8% who prefer Hollingshead’s position that the government should not pick winners and losers by supporting certain companies over others. The rest were not sure which position they supported. By a 2-to-1 margin the voters surveyed would prefer that the Republican nominee be based in Leesburg rather than McLean. Comstock supporters have touted the fact that she was able to spend over $1 million to win a narrow victory in her inside-the-Beltway district, much as early supporters of Romney claimed the fact that he has spent a lot of money to narrowly win liberal Massachusetts would enable him to defeat Barack Obama. Hollingshead opened his campaign headquarters in Leesburg this week, and is moving his family to Leesburg this week after their family home burnt down a year ago. Some question the fact that Comstock’s ability to win inside the beltway in McLean would make her a strong candidate in the district that spreads to the Winchester area. The magisterial District that includes McLean produced only a little over 14,000 votes for Frank Wolf, while the rest of the Congressional district produced 200,000 votes for Wolf. In addition, Romney won only 38% of Massachusetts voters when he ran against the Obama agenda, calling into question the theory that Comstock could even win her home base in the McLean area against a Democratic Congressional nominee. Hollingshead has said he agrees with most of Comstock’s positions, but does believe there are important differences and he encourages all Republicans to compare both candidates by looking at their websites (hollingshead/ and comstockfordelegate/issues/default.aspx) and casting an informed vote on April 26. Paid for and Authorized by Hollingshead for Congress
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 04:46:12 +0000
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