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*ARIZONA SHOCK POLL* Mark Kelly 53% Martha McSadface 34% (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2020 OP
Go MARK! sheshe2 Aug 2020 #1
Happy dance 💃 Thekaspervote Aug 2020 #2
if the kelly supporters would all vote for joe... nt msongs Aug 2020 #3
I have a feeling most will. jorgevlorgan Aug 2020 #5
+ 1000 n/t MFGsunny Aug 2020 #11
Hopefully Biden could get some coattails out of that! jorgevlorgan Aug 2020 #4
Lol -- exactly! ananda Aug 2020 #7
The same poll has Biden +9...not near the margin but that is a biiiig margin for Biden. Drunken Irishman Aug 2020 #9
I like that. jorgevlorgan Aug 2020 #12
Doesn't surprise me. LisaL Aug 2020 #6
Is it really that shocking? BGBD Aug 2020 #8
And he is well known, and an astronaut. LisaL Aug 2020 #10
McSalley is nasty,rude...and a piece of shit. She is just a bad candidate. Demsrule86 Aug 2020 #18
I figured from the start Kelly would be damn hard to beat.... paleotn Aug 2020 #13
+1 n/t Laelth Aug 2020 #14
Not really shocking here in AZ DesertRat Aug 2020 #15
Does it feel like a double digit lead on the ground? BannonsLiver Aug 2020 #17
Yes, it does DesertRat Aug 2020 #20
Arizona is the fastest evolving state I've ever seen Awsi Dooger Aug 2020 #16
Go Arizona!!! You can do it!!! Initech Aug 2020 #19
 

BGBD

(3,282 posts)
8. Is it really that shocking?
Fri Aug 21, 2020, 07:38 PM
Aug 2020

Plenty of polls have given Kelly a huge lead in this. Maybe not 19, but hell, had to expect it to come at some point.

She's an appointed Senator, who lost a race for Senate 2 years ago, in the party of a President who has a -20 approval rating, in a state trending against her party, and she's running against an astronaut.

I mean, she's toast.

paleotn

(17,939 posts)
13. I figured from the start Kelly would be damn hard to beat....
Fri Aug 21, 2020, 07:52 PM
Aug 2020

Seriously....how do you campaign against a well known, well liked, very respected...freaking astronaut?! He's Republican kryptonite.

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
15. Not really shocking here in AZ
Fri Aug 21, 2020, 08:01 PM
Aug 2020

McSally's nickname is "McAppointed" because Gov. Ducey appointed her to McCain's seat after she lost her Senate race to Kyrsten Sinema.

Mark Kelly and wife Gabby Giffords have strong support here. I feel optimistic that he will win and for the first time Arizona will be represented by 2 Democratic Senators.

BannonsLiver

(16,434 posts)
17. Does it feel like a double digit lead on the ground?
Fri Aug 21, 2020, 08:50 PM
Aug 2020

I;m kind of excited about making some noise in AZ on the senate and prez levels.

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
20. Yes, it does
Fri Aug 21, 2020, 09:06 PM
Aug 2020

Kelly seems to have broad appeal, while McSally is only seen as a trump puppet. And she was already rejected by voters.

 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
16. Arizona is the fastest evolving state I've ever seen
Fri Aug 21, 2020, 08:49 PM
Aug 2020

2012: 39% conservatives 19% liberals
2016: 41% conservatives 27% liberals

Compare to the nation itself, which required 20 years for a 6-2 net in the same direction:

1996: 33% conservatives 20% liberals
2016: 35% conservatives 26% liberals

States spinning this quickly are really difficult to figure out, in terms of where the spoke will stop this cycle. I'm not 100% confident the polling model is accurate. That is often the case in a newly competitive state. Regardless, if Trump's approval is terrible and Ducey's approval is terrible, the bottom line should cooperate

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