From October of 2006 through January of 2008, John McCain led Barack Obama each of the the seven times we asked registered voters in Virginia which of the two candidates they’d vote for if they were the two nominees for President of the United States. Obama took the lead in February, though, and has hung on since — until now. Today, it’s McCain back in the lead with 52%; Obama gets 44%.

Research conducted exclusively for WJLA-TV in Washington D.C. and WDBJ-TV in Roanoke; click the tracking graph above to see the full crosstabs.