 Deeds was also the only candidate prohibited from campaigning due to the January/February session of the General Assembly which took him off the campaign trail.The March poll by Public Policy Polling (PPP) showed Deeds at 15%, 3 points behind McAuliffe's 18% and 7 points behind Moran's 22%.Deeds had also led with independent voters 21%19% over Moran according to the PPP poll released on March 31, 2009.