Wednesday, October 28, 2009

THE RED MOUNTAIN VA ELECTION '09: VCU poll has McDonnell lead +18 over Deeds 54-36

(AP).A Virginia Commonwealth University poll shows Republican Bob McDonnell leading Democrat Creigh (CREE) Deeds by landslide proportions in the governor's race.

The poll was released Wednesday. The 18-point margin is wider than two other polls within the past week that placed McDonnell's lead at 11 percentage points or less.

The survey of 625 likely voters showed 54 percent backed or leaned toward McDonnell, while 36 percent supported Deeds. Eleven percent were undecided.

The results among likely voters have a sampling error margin of plus or minus 5 percentage points.

The poll was conducted in telephone interviews with respondents statewide Oct. 21-25.

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