Feingold Holds Edge in Wisconsin
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 16th, 2010 4:43 am by HL
Feingold Holds Edge in Wisconsin
A new Badger poll in Wisconsin finds that less than half of state voters said they have made their minds up about for whom they would vote in the U.S. Senate race.
Among those who expressed a vote choice, slightly more said they preferred current Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) over likely challenger Ron Johnson (R), 33% to 28%.
Reid Takes Lead in Nevada
A new Las Vegas Review-Journal/Mason Dixon poll in Nevada shows Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) has opened a strong lead over challenger Sharron Angle (R), 44% to 37%, “after pummeling her in a ubiquitous TV and radio ad campaign that portrays the Tea Party favorite as ‘too extreme.””
Said pollster Brad Coker: “He’s had five perfect weeks. The race has been all about her, and he’s been doing a good job of pounding her.”
This is the best Reid has done against Angle this year in a series of Mason-Dixon polls. Previously, the two had been locked in a statistical dead heat with Angle finishing just ahead of Reid in February, 44% to 42%, and in June, 44% to 41%, and Reid finishing just ahead of Angle in May, 42% to 39%.
These results also track another recent poll of the race.
Blumenthal Still Holds Large Lead in Connecticut
A new Quinnipiac poll in Connecticut finds Richard Blumenthal (D) leading Linda McMahon (R) by 17 points in the U.S. Senate race, 54% to 37%.
Said pollster Douglas Schwartz: “McMahon’s biggest problem with voters is that only 38% think she has the right kind of experience to be a U.S. Senator, which tracks very closely with the percentage of the vote she gets against Blumenthal. She has improved her experience number slightly, but she must do more to convince Connecticut voters that her background as an executive in professional wrestling is the right kind of experience.”
Meanwhile, while Rob Simmons (R) hinted he might jump back into the August 10 Republican primary, the poll finds McMahon crushing him among likely voters, 52% to 25%, with Peter Schiff (R) at 13%.
