Gubernatorial candidates about tied in poll

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Summertime -- and the political polling is indecisive.

The latest poll by Rasmussen Reports rates the Virginia governor's race a tossup, with Republican Bob McDonnell holding a statistically insignificant lead over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds.

McDonnell is favored by 43 percent to 41 percent for Deeds. But the contest could be viewed as essentially tied because McDonnell's advantage is within the poll's margin of error -- plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.

Rasmussen Reports queried 500 likely voters by telephone on Monday. It found that 12 percent were undecided between McDonnell and Deeds, and 3 percent favored other candidates.

The survey, coming as the Virginia contest slips into a summer hiatus dominated by little-noticed but important fundraising and organizational chores, echoes the recent results of a competing survey.

The most recent survey by Public Policy Polling showed McDonnell had the support of 49 percent of those polled, and Deeds had 43 percent. That finding had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points, suggesting that four months before the election, the race could be too close to call.

The latest poll by Rasmussen Reports indicates that Deeds' modest post-primary bounce has evaporated.

On June 11 -- two days after Deeds' upset victory for the Democratic nomination -- he led McDonnell by 6 percentage points, 47 percent to 41 percent.

http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/state_regional/state_regional_govtpolitics/article/POLL16_20090715-223405/280306/

[quidam56]

1. Wonder if either of them will be concerned about quality health care. Kaine hasn't.

As a former health care giver, I am shocked and saddened to see what has become of health care in America. $ 1. 4 million is being spent per day in DC by the health care lobbyists so your elected representative is getting taken care of and has quality health care we pay for and can't afford ourselves for our families, I know what is deemed, defended and supported in Tennessee and Virginia as quality health care and clearly profit care comes ahead of patient care. http://www.wisecountyissues.com/?p=62 MRSA ( methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureas ) is infesting our communities because filthy, uncaring hospitals and emergency rooms are breeding them and spreading them into our schools, homes, restaurants. How many more Americans' will be diseased or die while 74 % of Americans' are begging for health care reform ? More people died in America last year from MRSA complications than AIDS. When MRSA and a flu bug start mixing, it won't be pretty and we are being infected by the very health care system we depend on and trust to keep us safe and healthy. If we had "the best health care" in the world then why does RAM ( Remote Area Medical ) come to Wise County, Virginia year after year so people can go to the fairgrounds and stand in a line like cattle in the hot July sun just to see a health care provider ??? America's health care system is a disgraceful sham !