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| Obama leading McCain by 12% in Virginia poll |
| Oct 07,2008 |
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A new poll by Suffolk University shows Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) with a 12 percent lead over GOP nominee John McCain in Virginia, according to The Washington Post.
Obama draws 51 percent to McCain's 39 percent, although the poll's sample skews heavily toward the Democrats, which may be inflating Obama's margin.
"Barack Obama has built a coalition of suburban DC area progressives from the north, African-American voters from the south, and young voters statewide," David Paleologos, director of the Political Research Center at Suffolk University in Boston told the Post's Tim Craig. "That broad-based support suggests a 44-year Republican run in the Old Dominion State, dating back to Lyndon Johnson's victory in 1964, is in jeopardy."
The poll conflicts with one last week by Mason Dixon that showed McCain leading Obama by 3 points in the state. The Suffolk poll also shows Mark Warner beating GOP candidate James S. Gilmore by 33 points, similar to the lead Warner held in the Mason-Dixon poll.
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