Virginia: McDonnell Leads Deeds By Seven

September 18, 2009 11:34 AM | | Comments (1)

A Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll conducted Sept. 14-16 gives Republican Bob McDonnell a 7-point lead over Democrat Creigh Deeds in the Virginia governor's race -- a larger lead for McDonnell than in a different poll this week that suggested the Nov. 3 race is a dead heat.

McDonnell has 50 percent and Deeds has 43 percent in the Daily Kos/Research 2000 survey, which gives the Republican a higher approval rating (56 percent) than either Deeds (47 percent), outgoing Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine (45 percent) or even President Obama (45 percent).

The survey showed that Deeds still has some work to do to solidify his Democratic Party base. He is winning 80 percent of self-identified Democrats, but 89 percent of self-described Republicans say they are backing McDonnell, who also has a 13-point edge over Deeds among political independents.

Deeds is winning 78 percent of African-American voters, an overwhelmingly Democratic constituency, but 18 percent are undecided -- the largest bloc of undecided voters. Deeds struggled to win the votes of African-Americans in the June Democratic primary.

CQ Politics presently rates the Virginia governor's race as Leans Republican, which means that McDonnell has a slight edge in a highly competitive race.

To follow the 2009 and 2010 governors' races, check out CQ Politics' election map.

-- Greg Giroux

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Categories: Daily Kos, Governor, Research 2000

Tags: Deeds, McDonnell, Virginia

    Comments

  1. Now, all of the sudden, the leftists cite Rasmussen, who they earlier denounced as a shill for the GOP, and call the Daily Kos poll "unreliable". Up is down, black is white. Too bad it's not as optimistic as you hoped for, Taegan.

    Posted by: NObama Author Profile Page | September 19, 2009 5:55 PM

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