New Rasmussen Poll Gives McDonnell The Edge Across the Board

Rasmussen released its latest poll on the VA Gov. race today showing Bob McDonnell further pulling away from Creigh “What’s In Your Wallet?” Deeds, adding 6-points to his lead in the last month bringing it now up to 9.  More importantly, McDonnell appears to have the edge across the board on just about every major issue from taxes to spending to transportation and yes, sorry Creigh, even abortion.  Here is a snapshot of the poll:

McDonnell leading Deeds 47% to 38%.

When “leaners” are included, McDonnell leads 49% to 41%.

Fifty-three percent (53%) of Virginia voters have a favorable view of McDonnell, up three points over the past month.

By a 48% to 30% margin, Virginia voters trust McDonnell more than Deeds on taxes. The Republican hopeful has a similar advantage on the issue of government spending.

However, on the critical issue of transportation, voters are more evenly divided. Thirty-six percent (36%) trust McDonnell more while 33% trust Deeds and 31% are not sure. But those figures reflect an improvement for McDonnell. A month ago, Deeds had a four-point edge on the issue.

Forty-two percent (42%) like McDonnell’s idea of privatizing Virginia’s state-run liquor stores as a way to help finance transportation projects. Twenty-eight percent (28%) oppose that plan.

Deeds on Monday began attacking McDonnell, a pro-life Catholic, for his legislative efforts to limit abortions in the state, but the new survey finds that voters give the GOP candidate a 12-point edge in terms of trust on the abortion issue.

It is no wonder Deeds is getting more desperate by the day and now resorting to outright falsehoods.  If this keeps up, by the end of October Deeds will be blaming McDonnell for the Kennedy assassination.