VA-2009/Rasmussen: Gubernatorial race a toss-up

[Tender Branson]

Despite the fact that State Attorney General Robert McDonnell (R) is the most popular candidate:

Brian Moran (D) - 41%
Robert McDonnell (R) - 37%

Robert McDonnell (R) - 39%
Creigh Deeds (D) - 39%

Robert McDonnell (R) - 41%
Terry McAuliffe (D) - 36%

Favorable Ratings:

McDonnell: 49% favorable, 19% unfavorable
Deeds: 37% favorable, 24% unfavorable
Moran: 33% favorable, 31% unfavorable
McAuliffe: 36% favorable, 34% unfavorable

Forty-nine percent (49%) of Virginia voters Strongly Approve of President-elect Obama’s performance so far, and 13% Strongly Disapprove. This is slightly higher than Obama’s record numbers nationally in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Approval Index.

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This national telephone survey of 500 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports December 4, 2008. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

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http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_2010/election_2010_governor_elections/virginia/election_2010_virginia_governor_election

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Surprise surprise McAuliffe does the worst. Hopefully this'll scare off Democrats from nominating. The Virginia Democratic Party has to be the dumbest in the country if they nominate him.

[Tender Branson]

Surprise surprise McAuliffe does the worst. Hopefully this'll scare off Democrats from nominating. The Virginia Democratic Party has to be the dumbest in the country if they nominate him.

Rasmussen says Deeds leads in the DEM primary, but they don't give exact numbers in their release.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Surprise surprise McAuliffe does the worst. Hopefully this'll scare off Democrats from nominating. The Virginia Democratic Party has to be the dumbest in the country if they nominate him.

Rasmussen says Deeds leads in the DEM primary, but they don't give exact numbers in their release.

Good. I can't wait to see how horrible McAuliffe does among blacks, LOL. He's probably in the single digits.

[TheresNoMoney]

ABM (Anybody but McAuliffe)

I don't know much about Moran, but I know his base is Fairfax County, which is the most important part of the state for Dems.

[Eraserhead]

I'll take great, great pleasure from watching McAuliffe lose.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Have we seen a primary poll?  I'm hoping Deeds can get the nomination, because I see him as the best fit for the state overall.  He did pretty well in NoVA in 2005, and I think we lose more in the rural areas with Moran than we'd gain in NoVA.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

McDonnell seems like a pretty popular guy.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

McDonnell seems like a pretty popular guy.

So is Deeds, though.

[Lunar]

Surprise surprise McAuliffe does the worst. Hopefully this'll scare off Democrats from nominating. The Virginia Democratic Party has to be the dumbest in the country if they nominate him.

He's doing the worst and he hasn't even annoyed the entire population yet.

[Psychic Octopus]

i'm thinking Bob McDonell will win.