A new SurveyUSA/News Channel 8 poll shows Bob McDonnell back to a double digit lead over Creigh Deeds in the Virginia Governor’s race:
With four weeks until Virginia’s gubernatorial election, Republican Bob McDonnell maintains his commanding lead over Democrat Creigh Deeds.
McDonnell leads Deeds by 11 points, 54-43, according to a new SurveyUSA poll commissioned by WJLA-TV. McDonnell has never dipped below 54 percent in In four identical SurveyUSA tracking polls, and Deeds has never polled above 43 percent.
And, the Republican candidates in the down-ballot races are doing similarly well:
In race for lieutenant governor, incumbent Republican Bill Bolling easily defeats Democrat Jody Wagner, the commonwealth’s former treasurer and secretary of finance, by 17 points, 57-40.
In the attorney general contest, Republican state Sen. Ken Cuccinelli is beating Del. Steve Shannon by ten points, 53-43.
It’s really beginning to look like 2009 will be a Republican year here in Virginia, at least on the statewide races. What will be interesting to see will be what impact the Governor’s race, and a probable strong showing by McDonnell, has on the House of Delegates and the State Senate.
October 6th, 2009 at 9:35 am
Likely voters favored McCain 52 to 44 percent over Obama in the presidential election, almost reverse the actual result of 53 to 47 percent Obama over McCain. This implies that folks sitting out this election will be almost entirely from the Obama crowd, or more likely, that a lot of Obama voters are developing amnesia.
October 6th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Doug,
Just FYI, there are no Senate seats up for election this year.
October 6th, 2009 at 9:46 am
You are correct, my mistake
October 6th, 2009 at 9:48 am
LBF,
Yes, that’s been Deeds’s biggest problem — he’s not impressing the people who voted for Obama last year, especially here in Northern Virginia.
In retrospect, the Democrats might have been better off nominating Brian Moran or Terry McAuliffe, but I’m not certain that’s true eitehr
October 6th, 2009 at 10:11 am
LBF: Those Obama voters are not “developing amnesia”; they’re becoming conscious.
October 6th, 2009 at 10:21 am
Last year at this time Obama was up by 2 points in Va and he won . Deeds has been down by more than double that the entire time.
October 6th, 2009 at 10:23 am
James,
More likely based on the polls, it seems that they’re going to stay home
October 6th, 2009 at 10:41 am
I don’t believe that McDonnell will govern conservatively, in fact he will probably govern in a similar manner to Mark Warner.
But I am kind of glad that he may pull off a win. I am tired of Democrats embarrassing our state on the television after a State of the Union address (first Tim Kaine then Jim Webb).
October 6th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Great line James.
October 6th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
There is no way woman hater bob macdonald will win, at least when this is over he wont hold a public office.Praise be to Jesus