CT-Gov - Democrat Ned Lamont holds 8 point lead over Trump embracing Republican

[NewJeffCT]

This is a race Republicans thought they had a great shot at with highly unpopular Democratic governor Dan Malloy stepping down after 8 years at the helm. However, it looks like Republican Bob Stefanowski has closed a bit of ground since the last Q poll, and another poll last week had Stefanowski ahead by a small amount.

A new Quinnipiac Poll shows Democrat Ned Lamont leading Republican Bob Stefanowski 47 percent to 39 percent in the governor’s race, with independent candidate Oz Griebel at 11 percent.

Lamont has a 22 point lead among women and a 6 point lead among independent voters with less than a month to go until Election Day.

The 11 percent for Griebel is the highest in any poll so far and has vaulted him into two upcoming televised debates.

http://www.courant.com/politics/hc-pol-lamont-leads-quinnipiac-poll-20181010-story.html

[NewJeffCT]

1. kicking

for visibility

[CTyankee]

2. Thank god! That repuke Stefanowski is a Trumpian and has no business being governor of our

beautiful state!

[NewJeffCT]

4. Still

there was the AARP poll that had Stefanowski with a small lead.

But, Q is a reputable poll and has a slight Republican bias if I recall.

[lindysalsagal]

3. CT's smart enough to know not to hand the state to the gop.

Lots of people scream about taxes, but, it's a blue state, afterall. Plus, Lamont is a business guy, so, there won't be enough rejection vote for a nobody to win.