Via the Missouri Secretary of State:
U. S. Senator (3320 of 3387 Precincts Reported)
Claire McCaskill Democrat 1,442,997 54.2%
Todd Akin Republican 1,057,492 39.7%
Jonathan Dine Libertarian 163,906 6.2%
William Dean Write-in 246 0.0%
Bernard J. (Spark) Duraski, Jr. Write-in 0 0.0%
Bernie Mowinski Write-in 2 0.0%
Charlie L. Bailey Write-in 2 0.0%
Arnie C. (AC) Dienoff Write-in 0 0.0%
Ted Kimzey Write-in 1 0.0%
Total Votes 2,664,646
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Why, that’s a margin of 15.5%. Go figure.
Interesting:
SurveyUSA: Claire (D) 51, Akin (r) 36 and the polling of parallel realities (November 4, 2012)
Oopsie:
PPP – 11/4/12: McCaskill (D) – 48%, Akin (r) – 44% (November 4, 2012)
And, from a Claire McCaskill (D) internal campaign poll:
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D): up by 14 points in Kiley Poll (October 27, 2012)
McCaskill – 53%
Akin – 39%
Other – 1%
Not sure – 7%
Close. And as a consequence, not even close.