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Blue Virginia: Final PPP Poll: McDonnell Holds 14-Point Lead Over Deeds
News: Deeds didn't make his case to voters
Below The Beltway: PPP: Virginia Republicans Headed For Sweep
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RT @PatrickRuffini: PPP: @BobMcDonnell +14, @LGBillBolling +13, @KenCuccinelli +16, Generic HoD R+9 http://bit.ly/2GbQdr #vagov #kc4ag 11/2/2009 |
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RT @ppppolls: 61% of McDonnell voters 'very excited' about voting, only 31% of Deeds supporters say so: http://tinyurl.com/yjn24lu 11/2/2009 |
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Even 36% of Deeds voters say he didn't make a strong argument for why he should be elected: http://tinyurl.com/yjn24lu 11/2/2009 |
Final PPP Poll: McDonnell Holds 14-Point Lead Over Deeds
Blue Virginia —
Yes, I'm well aware of the (annoying) cliche that the "only poll that matters is on election day," but we've now had dozens of polls in a row essentially saying what Public Policy Polling's last poll of Virginia 2009 concludes: ...
Deeds didn't make his case to voters
News —
... The final Public Policy Polling survey on the
race shows 63 percent of voters thought Bob McDonnell made a strong case for why
he should be governor, and just 34 percent said that of Deeds (including 36
percent of Deeds supporters). ...
PPP: Virginia Republicans Headed For Sweep
Below The Beltway —
The final Public Policy Polling poll of Virginia shows that Virginia Republicans stand to have a lot to celebrate on Tuesday night:
Bob McDonnell leads Creigh Deeds 56-42 in PPP’s final poll of the race.
In a finding that may sum up what happened here 63% of voters in the state think McDonnell made a strong case for why he should be Governor while only 34% said the same of Deeds. Even 36% of Deeds’ supporters said he hadn’t made a good argument for why he should be elected.
Beyond that the same themes that have shown ...
Polls Continue To Show McDonnell's Surge
TPM Election Central —
The good news for Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Bob McDonnell just keeps getting better. A pair of new polls out today show McDonnell's already large lead over Democratic nominee Creigh Deeds has grown even larger as the hours tick down to tomorrow's vote.
The latest numbers from Public Policy Polling (D) show McDonnell leading by 14. SurveyUSA's newest numbers show McDonnell's lead at 18 points. In the last PPP poll, published October 27, McDonnell led by 15. The last SurveyUSA poll, published the same day, showed him with a 17-point ...
Nice Guys Finish Last
The New Republic blogs —
... If Creigh Deeds loses today—and few candidates have hoisted themselves out of the kind of hole he’s dug—let it be known that the Commonwealth of Virginia missed out on having a very nice man in Richmond. ...
Observations From the Virginia Race That is in No Way a Referendum on Obama
Weekly Standard Blog —
... In a reversal of last year, it will be the energy of the Republican electorate, right-leaning Independents, and McDonnell's campaign this year that likely will lift Republican down-ticket candidates to wins. PPP reported numbers that portend a sweep for Republicans in the gubernatorial, Lt. Governor (Bill Bolling), and Attorney General (Ken Cuccinelli) races. ...
Altmire wants to lose in 2010
Newshoggers.com —
... is basically the path that Craig Deeds tried to take in the Virginia Governor's race that he is projected to get crushed in. He took Altmire's implied advice of not advocating for general Democratic platform planks and creating seperation between him and the most popular and notable Democrat in the country. And he is getting crushed because his base has decided to not give a fuck. Public Policy Polling has two very interesting snippets of analysis that illustrate this claim:
From 11/2/09:
Beyond that the same themes that have shown throughout the ...
