After Rape Comment Akin Still Leads McCaskill In Brand New Missouri Poll

[Ian David]

After Rape Comment Akin Still Leads McCaskill In Brand New Missouri Poll

Congressman Todd Akin is still leading his Missouri senatorial opponent, Claire McCaskill, in the race for her U.S. Senate seat, even after Akin’s offensive comments on rape. A new PPP poll taken yesterday finds the race has narrowed, with Akin in the lead 44% to 43%. As these Polltracker images show, the PollTracker average now gives Akin a 4.3 point lead, down from his 8.7 points pre-rape comments average.

“But PPP’s takeaway is that Akin could still win this thing,” the Washington Post notes. “Whether he can survive the pressure from Republicans to drop out is a whole different question. While voters overwhelmingly disapprove of Akin’s foray into reproductive science, pollster Tom Jensen explains, ‘for many voters their dislike of McCaskill trumps their concerns about Akin’.”

More:
http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/after-rape-comment-akin-still-leads-mccaskill-in-brand-new-missouri-poll/politics/2012/08/21/47096


See also:

New PPP Poll Akin still leading

After all that Akin STILL leads McCaskill, 44-43. Little difference from our last poll which was Akin 45-44

75% of Missouri voters think Akin's comments were inappropriate, but they're still voting along party lines

Only 6% of Republican women say they're going to vote for McCaskill

More:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/125173937

[sinkingfeeling]

1. How can 1 point be a 'lead' when Obama being up by 7 is a 'tie'?

[Lebam in LA]

3. Fuzzy Math?

[niyad]

8. obviously you were never taught rethuglican math

[MADem]

2. McCaskill needs to find a way to be more appealing to voters.

Does she have enough money? She might be able to grab a few points with some good ad work, GOTV and a few Big Name endorsements.

[southernyankeebelle]

5. I don't know what else she can do. She went on a diet and lost weight. But I can't stand her.

She is one of the blue dog. I can't stand it.

[MADem]

6. I'm not talking about her looks. I'm talking about a cause, a focus, some local 'hook' that means a

lot to the people in her state.

I will take a blue dog who will do what Harry Reid tells him or her to do over ANY Republican. We NEED to keep the Senate, and we NEED to have better control over it than we have now. It is critical that we do this.

[southernyankeebelle]

7. yes I know.

[enough]

4. Another state to drive around. (nt)