I’m a fan of Public Policy Polling, and especially appreciate the analysis of their polls on their blog. This week, they’ve posted on Creigh Deeds’ Identify Problem. Part of this post reads:

Now this isn’t that big of a problem for Deeds with the liberal voters who are actually planning to show up- he has a 95-4 lead with them. But it is an issue with how many are showing up. Exit polls last year showed them accounting for 21% of the Virginia electorate. They only make up 16% of likely voters this year. That’s almost a 25% drop in their share of the electorate.

People are confused about Deeds’ ideology, and he’s failed to fire up what should be his base of support. I’ve been sitting on a post for the last week, debating whether or not to express publicly my feeling about Creigh Deeds and his campaign. Today, I’ve decided to post why I’m walking away from his campaign. I’ll show up to vote, but I’m not investing anything anything more into his campaign. I’m pretty sure my feelings echoes those who won’t even come out to vote.

Those of us who actually want to move Virginia forward need to work harder for more progressives candidates. Deeds was a compromise “safe” selection in the Democratic primary; and now people aren’t even sure why the Democrat in the race is. It sucks, and it could have been prevented.

Related posts:

1. Latest PPP: Deeds leads, McAuliffe and Moran stagnant
2. The night may be long
3. Deeds gaining ground, Moran and McAuliffe stalled
4. Creigh Deeds, his campaign, and the Washington Post
5. It’s Creigh Deeds