A new Rasmussen poll of the Virginia gubernatorial race finds that Republican candidate Bob McDonnell — who was recently revealed to have written a thesis when he was 34, laying out a hard-right political program — still leads Democrat Creigh Deeds.
The numbers: McDonnell 51%, Deeds 42%. This is essentially unchanged from the 49%-41% McDonnell lead from a month ago.
The pollster’s analysis points out that that the thesis story may not have fully sink in yet to its fullest potential extent: “To this point, just 49% of Likely Voters say they’ve followed news stories on this topic even somewhat closely … It is possible that the thesis itself or the views expressed in the document could become a bigger factor in the campaign this fall.”
