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By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyElection Day is mercifully bringing to a close the avalanche of polls on the governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia and the upstate New York House race. But here's one more: Republican Bob McDonnell leads Democrat Creigh Deeds in Virginia by 58 percent to 40 percent with 2 percent undecided, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted Oct. 30 - Nov. 1. Republicans also have comfortable leads in the other two statewide races, for lieutenant governor and attorney general. ...
Republicans Poised for Virginia Comeback
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublican Bob McDonnell leads Democrat Creigh Deeds by 56 percent to 42 percent with 2 percent undecided in Public Policy Polling's final survey of the Virginia governor race. The poll was conducted Oct. 30-Nov. 1. ...
McDonnell Leads Deeds by 12 Points in Virginia
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublican Bob McDonnell leads Democrat Creigh Deeds 53 percent to 41 percent with 6 percent undecided, according to a Richmond Times-Dispatch/Mason-Dixon poll conducted Oct. 28-29. ...
Puzzling Out the Off-Year Election Polls
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyAs someone who is (actually) paid to monitor political polls, waking up each morning is like stepping into the ocean and getting slam-dunked by a monster wave when it comes to the number of surveys on the governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia, and the House special election in upstate New York. ...
Two More Polls Show Big Lead for McDonnell in Virginia
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyTwo more polls today give Republican Bob McDonnell a double-digit lead in his race for Virginia governor against Democrat Creigh Deeds. ...
McDonnell Rolls up Double-Digit Leads Over Deeds in Two Polls
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublican Bob McDonnell is leading Democrat Creigh Deeds by commanding double-digit margins in two polls released today on the Virginia governor's contest. ...
McDonnell Opens Double-Digit Lead Over Deeds in Virginia
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublican Bob McDonnell now leads Democrat Creigh Deeds by 55 percent to 44 percent among likely voters with 1 percent undecided in the Virginia governor race, according to a Washington Post poll conducted Oct. 22-25. The margin of error is 3 points. That's a 2 point increase for McDonnell compared to the last Post poll. ...
NJ, Va. Governor Campaigns Target Women Voters
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyOne group to which the campaigns in both New Jersey and Virginia have paid close attention are woman voters and their success or failure in courting them has shaped the dynamics of each contest, The Politico reports. In Virginia, Democrat Creigh Deeds had thought he hit gold by pounding Republican Bob McDonnell about a thesis he had written in graduate school saying homosexuals and working women were anti-family. But in the long run, it hasn;t work and Deeds actually trails McDonnell among women by one point, the Politico says. In New Jersey, where Gov. Jon Corzine leads Republican Christie ...
McDonnell Opens Double-Digit Lead Over Deeds in Virginia
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyTwo polls now show Republican Bob McDonnell with a double-digit lead over Democrat Creigh Deeds in the Virginia governor's race. ...
Clinton to Virginia: Don't Let 'Fear Factor' Determine Deeds-McDonnell Victor
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyMcLEAN, Va. -- Ah, what might have been. Terry McAuliffe and Bill Clinton brought their buddy act to a pep rally Tuesday and gave Virginia Democrats a taste of what they passed up by nominating Creigh Deeds for governor, instead of McAuliffe. Never mind that Deeds trails Republican Bob McDonnell by 7 to 8 percentage points in most polls. "November 3 is going to be the greatest comeback in the history of American politics!" McAuliffe exclaimed, adding another instant classic to his hit parade of sweeping pronouncements. Then the former national party chairman moved on to chicken waste as energy ...
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