Yes, I'm well aware of the (annoying, mindless) 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: Bob McDonnell leads Creigh Deeds 56-42 in PPP's final poll of the race.A 13-point lead for Bolling over Wagner and a 16-point lead for Crazy Cooch over Shannon, and a 9-point lead in the "generic House of Delegates ballot?" This is not good, to put it mildly. In fact, barring a miracle of megalottery proportions, the only real question Tuesday night and beyond is going to be "what went wrong?" I have a lot of thoughts on this subject, but will save them until AFTER the votes are counted. For now, the urgency is for everyone who cares about Virginia to get out and vote for the Democratic ticket on Tuesday. Polls open in just 24 hours. Also, tell everyone you know to vote Democratic - or, if that's not enough to motivate people, just tell 'em to vote AGAINST McDonnell/Bolling/Cooch. Either will do...
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.
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McDonnell will be bringing some folks with him. Bill Bolling leads 54-41 for Lieutenant Governor and Ken Cuccinelli has a 55-39 advantage for Attorney General. Republicans also have a 48-39 lead on the generic House of Delegates ballot.
P.S. Full results are here.
