Poll: Akin surging behind McCaskill
Yael T. AbouhalkahThe new Rasmussen Reports poll shows Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill losing big chunks of ground to Republican Todd Akin in their U.S. Senate race in Missouri.
This week, it’s McCaskill 49 percent to Akin’s 43 percent.
But late last month, Rasmussen showed McCaskill with a 48 percent to 38 percent lead over Akin.
McCaskill’s support has stayed firm and even gone up a tick, but Akin’s support has surged by 5 percentage points.
As polls go, of course, this one is significant because it’s by the same source that made McCaskill “laugh out loud” when it showed she had a 10 percentage point lead in August.
Now that the lead is down to 6 percentage points, perhaps McCaskill isn’t laughing as much.
George Hunsucker
Northland
8 months, 1 week agoAll we need to know is: Porkulus Bill=YES, zerocare=YES, “I have no better friend then Claire McCaskill”.
Air claire, NOT REPRESENTING MO values.
Johnathon Busby
8 months, 1 week agoLike I said at the time; I fear there just might be enough people in Mo who embrace Akin’s ignorance as a form of wisdom to be honored to actually give him a barest snowball’s chance.
George Hunsucker
Northland
8 months, 1 week agoMO people are smarter then you think Johnathon… We know when we have a diehard lib like air claire who shines the big 0’s boots….
Joe Jones
8 months, 1 week agobe nice to Johnny…between his nap and Sesame Street he doesn’t have much to do
Kevin Sheely
8 months, 1 week agoIt didn’t blow over and it won’t blow over. The polls are garbage. Akin is finished. It won’t even be close, it will be Roy Blunt v. Robin Carnahan only with the parties reversed. We’re stuck with Claire for another six years.
Christine Taylor-Butler
8 months, 1 week agoClaire would be more effective if she had better interpersonal skills with her constituents. I’ve been to several public sessions and while she’s a great policy wonk, she doesn’t act as if she really cares to spend time getting to know the needs of the people who elected her until it’s time to “re-up” for the job. So a vote for Claire, these days seems more a vote “against” Akin, then a deep seated desire to have her serve as our representative. Sad. I think she has potential, but not sure it really translates into quantifiable “results” or even a rapport with Missouri voters.
Johnathon Busby
8 months, 1 week agoGeorge: I don’t care Claire likes Obama; I care that Akin is a moron who thinks women can fight off rape by magic. Next to the foolishness of a social conservative who believes and repeats lies as truth, I accept Claire supported her president (oh noes!).
Joe: Love you too. Now get a job. …well, and/or contribute content to the thread, but I find the first more likely.
Rick Adams
8 months, 1 week agogeorge-y boy, obama care - as you like to call it - has already dropped costs AND reduced the uninsured.
There was an editorial letter from a Dentist this week - a Republican if I recall, who said that he was seeing a $2400 or $2200 drop in insurance bill to his practice.
Do you have a dentist office who has seen their rates go up ? Or are your Obamacare comments based on no real evidence ?
I suspect the latter.
George Hunsucker
Northland
8 months, 1 week agoWrong again ricky-poo….
I call it ZERO-care….
You of course have the link to this cyber-dentist, or are you just wishing???
Kent Mueller
8 months, 1 week agoRick, you confuse a forced refund with lowered costs overall. That is not proof that costs have been lowered. Geez. Get real.
And if you think more people are now insured for less money, then you are the type of person who bought that bogus line in the last election. That hasn’t happened, and it won’t happen.