Public Policy Polling shows that Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds has narrowed Republican candidate Bob McDonnell’s lead by half in the last month.  The poll was taken before the news broke about McDonnell’s views on a woman’s place.   The race is now in single digits.

The race to be the next Governor of Virginia is back in single digits, as Creigh Deeds has pulled to within 49-42 against Bob McDonnell after trailing 51-37 a month ago.

The movement in the race seems to be driven largely by an increase in Democratic enthusiasm for Deeds’ candidacy. For instance where Deeds was winning only 64% of the black vote a month ago he’s now at 81%, perhaps an indication that radio ads on his behalf from Barack Obama are paying off. And where a month ago Democratic interest in the election was so low that those planning to vote in November had supported John McCain by a 52-41 margin last year even though Obama won the state by six points, we now find that spread at only 49-45 in McCain’s favor. So even though the likely electorate is still considerably more conservative than the folks who turned out in 2008, Deeds is at least closing that gap.

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