Another Poll Shows Tight Deeds-McDonnell Race in Virginia

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The polls have swung back and forth on how tight (or not) the Virginia governor's race is, and a new Insider Advantage/Majority Opinion poll comes down on the "tight" side with Democrat Creigh Deeds trailing Republican Bob McDonnell by just 48 percent to 44 percent with 7 percent undecided. The margin of error is 3.8 percentage points.

On Sunday, a Washington Post poll also had McDonnell ahead by four points. In mid-August the Post had McDonnell up by 15.

InsiderAdvantage's Matt Towery told the Politico, ""The race has definitely tightened. Virginia is still very much a state that is up for grabs."

As in the Post poll, InsiderAdvantage has Deeds ahead 3 points among women. Deeds has hammered away hard on the issue of McDonnell's 1989 graduate thesis criticizing homosexuals and working mothers as detrimental to families.

Deeds also enjoys stronger support among fellow Democrats (89 percent) than McDonnell does among Republicans (79 percent).

Filed Under: Polls, Governors, Poll Watch

Tagged: bob mcdonnell, BobMcdonnell, creigh deeds, CreighDeeds, virginia governor race, VirginiaGovernorRace

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