Bill Bolling stepped aside to allow Bob McDonnell to run uncontested for the Republican Party gubernatorial nomination in 2009. He may have to step aside for McDonnell’s successor as attorney general in 2013.
Ken Cuccinelli leads Bolling among Republican voters by a hefty margin, according to recent polling done by Public Policy Polling. PPP has Cuccinelli, the sitting attorney general, ahead of Bolling, the sitting lieutenant governor, by a 45 percent-to-21 percent margin.
It’s not surprising that the controversial Cuccinelli leads among self-identified “very conservative” voters – by a 56 percent-to-15 percent tally. He also leads among moderates – 40 percent to 22 percent – and among “somewhat conservative” voters – 34 percent to 25 percent.
The advantage at this early, early, early stage in the walkup to 2013 – name recognition. Seventy-one percent of GOP voters have an opinion on Cuccinelli, and it’s largely favorable (56 percent favorable, 15 percent unfavorable). Bolling is known by only 41 percent of Republican voters – with 28 percent holding a favorable opinion of Bolling and 13 percent having an unfavorable opinion of him.
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