A two page polling memo for Claire McCaskill’s (D) campaign is circulating. We got a copy (no, not from that national blog). The news is good for Claire McCaskill, not so good for Todd Akin (r).
The poll utilized a 600 sample of likely Missouri voters. Interviews were completed on September 30th. The margin of error is 3.5%.
The head to head numbers:
Claire McCaskill – 50%
Todd Akin – 41%
Other – 2%
Not sure – 7%
Gee, there’s a serious gender gap:
….For instance, women give her a 17-point margin when it comes to caring about people like them – and by a 21-point margin, they say that Akin is too extreme….
You don’t say?
Also, Democrats are supporting Claire 91% to 5%. On the other hand, republicans are only supporting Akin 19% to 15%. Independents support Claire McCaskill 51% to 28%.
Kinda restores your faith in Missouri voters, don’t it? If it holds.
If Akin had simply STFU, he’d be crushing Blanche plain and simple.
Blunt’s no different. His overarching agenda is no different than Akin’s, he’s just not so public about it.
Clearly Akin never read about Atwater’s approach to politics in terms of all the code speak. If he had, again, he’d be crushing Blanche.
This state is red and getting redder all the time.
It’ll be really interesting to see the final voting tallies here in the second reddest county in the state. “We” went 76% for Dubya but “dropped off” to only 72% for McCain. If Rmoney drops below 70% here, it won’t mean the Second Reddest County in Misery is any less red, it just means 8 people simply couldn’t stomach the presidential candidate. I’ll be looking closely to see how we trend in the Senate race because this place looks at Akin’s public pronouncements as a feature, not a bug.