Another Poll Finds Obama Leading In Historically-Red Virginia

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Another Poll Finds Obama Leading In Historically-Red Virginia


By Eric Kleefeld - June 18, 2008, 11:28AM

Another poll is showing that Barack Obama could potentially win Virginia, a historically red state that has been trending Democratic and would represent a major breakthrough if the Dems could pick it up.

The numbers from Public Policy Polling (D): Obama 47%, McCain 45%, within the ±3.3% margin of error. This is on top of a Rasmussen poll from two days ago, which gave Obama a one-point lead.

Although this state hasn't voted Dem since 1964, the Obama campaign is aggressively targeting it thanks to the Democratic growth in northern Virginia. Local geographic shifts like this -- combined with the Obama campaign's big treasury, which allows Obama to compete aggressively in more states than past Dems have -- suggest that the map of competitive states really may be much broader than usual this year.

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[speedoo]

1. Excellent news.

Thanks for posting... K&R.

[book_worm]

2. I think he should take Kaine or Webb as running mate. It would probably be enough to gurantee a

pick up. VA has 13 electoral votes which haven't gone Dem since 1964. That would be a huge setback for McCain.

[Robbins]

3. VA

This Is the southern state Obama Is most likely to win.

[book_worm]

4. I agree and putting a VA as running mate would probably gurantee it.

[DerekJ]

5. Dare I hope.

[high density]

6. That would be great if the election were tomorrow

Except the election is still dozens and dozens of news cycles away at this point.