Poll: Democrat Deeds Leads GOP's McDonnell In Virginia Gubernatorial Race
In a new Rasmussen poll of this year's Virginia gubernatorial race, the first survey since Tuesday's Democratic primary, Democratic state Sen. Creigh Deeds leads Republican former state Attorney General Bob McDonnell by a margin of 47%-41%, with a ±4.5% margin of error.
In all the polls taken before the primary, McDonnell led Deeds (and the other two Democrats) by varying margins. But now that the Democrats have a definite candidate, Deeds is now benefitting from the traditional post-primary bounce.
From the pollster's analysis: "It is worth noting that, following Deeds' victory, the number of undecided Democrats is significantly lower than the number of undecided Republicans and unaffiliated voters. It is too early to know if this reflects a temporary bounce following Deeds' primary victory or if it signifies a more lasting change."
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Once the Dems start coalescing behind Deeds his will concrete that lead. Remember, NoVa absolutely runs that state. They said Obama could have gotten the same amount of votes that Kerry got in every district except for the ones in the North(he improved in each) and still would have won the state.
June 11, 2009 9:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
If that's the case, then Deeds will win. He'll do great in NoVa AND downstate.
I think the party will pull out all the stops for him. I expect to see the Biden, Obama, Kaine, Warner and Webb on the stump for Deeds. I don't expect to see Clinton who has zero pull in Virginia (or anywhere else).
June 11, 2009 10:09 AM | Reply | Permalink