Sunday, October 11, 2009

MASon Dixon Poll: McDonnell up 8 points

Today's Virginian-Pilot includes an article about the latest poll of the 2009 gubernatorial race -- Mason-Dixon shows Republican Bob McDonnell leading Democrat Creigh Deeds 48-40 percent among likely voters, with 12 percent undecided.

Pollster Brad Coker calls McDonnell's margin in the contest "significant" with just more than three weeks until Election Day.

Here are a few other data points found in the Mason-Dixon analysis:

In addition to McDonnell's overall lead in the poll, he is running ahead of Deeds among whites, men, every age group other than the 18-34 age bracket and all regions of the state except vote-rich northern Virginia.

Deeds leads McDonnell by a "statistically insignificant" margin in Hampton Roads (42-43 percent), and his advantage in northern Virginia is less than 10 points (50-41 percent), Coker observes.

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