PPP: McCaskill leads by one-point, majority accept Akin apology

[WI_DEM]

Missouri Senate Race Still Tight
A new Public Policy Polling survey in Missouri finds Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) leading embattled challenger Todd Akin (R) by just one point, 45% to 44%.

Key findings: 53% of voters say that they accept Akin's apology for his comments last week to 40% who do not.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/08/30/missouri_senate_race_still_tight.html

[liberal N proud]

1. People are just fucking S-T-U-P-I-D!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

2. I won't say it again....

But I'm going to vote for legislation that will do the same thing.

I swear to Dog, some people shouldn't be allowed to vote.

[TroyD]

3. Hmmm...

We'll see how accurate this is. Who knows whether PPP is giving Akin good numbers to get him to stay in.

PPP is at odds with Rasmussen and with the Post-Dispatch polls who show him with much lower numbers and with very bad approval ratings.

And if his funding from the RNC remains withdrawn, that puts him at a disadvantage in terms of $$$ and ground operations when he goes up against McCaskill in November.

[Dawson Leery]

4. This is still in McCaskill's favor.

She went from 90% chance of losing to being a slight 51% favorite.
There is a broad swath of the state which is hostile to the progress of past hundred years. She still has a good chance of winning.

[TroyD]

5. It's also an increase from the last PPP poll

And remember that it's more important to follow trendlines within the polls, rather than the specific size of the lead.

The 1% lead seems like a decrease in support for McCaskill compared to the other pollsters, but it's actually an INCREASE in terms of this pollster because the last PPP poll actually had Akin +1. So McCaskill is actually up 2 points in this poll.

[Dawson Leery]

6. In 2008, Liddy Dole was the favorite 3:1 to win a second term.

Around Labor Day, Liddy decided to assault Kay Hagan claiming she was "Godless".
Things went downhill for Liddy after that. Hagan won by 9% on election day.

[AlinPA]

7. Here comes the GOP SuperPAC and RNC money into Missouri. And they were worried.