New Poll: McCaskill Leads Akin By 9 (updated)

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New Poll: McCaskill Leads Akin By 9

Fun stats from the new Mason-Dixon poll of Missouri: Half of Todd Akin’s supporters say he should withdraw from the race; a plurality of McCaskill supporters say he should stay in.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/08/new_poll_mccaskill_leads_akin_by_9.php?ref=fpblg

Updated to add:

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McCaskill’s newfound lead can be largely attributed to an enormous gender gap. The poll shows the first-term senator with a massive lead over Akin among women voters, 55 percent to 37 percent. A month ago, McCaskill held a mere 1-point edge over Akin among women.

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Akin’s favorability rating took a meteoric collapse in the poll, dropping to an anemic 17 percent, while a whopping 56 percent of likely voters have an unfavorable view. PPP and Rasmussen also showed large majorities of Missouri voters holding a negative view of Akin. In Mason-Dixon’s late-July survey, before Akin won his party’s primary and nearly a month before he gained nationwide attention for the “legitimate rape” comments, 24 percent viewed Akin favorably compared with only 11 percent who viewed him unfavorably — a reflection of his low name identification at the time.

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/poll-akin-mccaskill-missouri-senate.php

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1. Is that the dumb cat bounce?

[ProSense]

2. Women have spoken, see update. n/t

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3. Who are the 37% of women who support that neanderthal?!?

Come on, Missouri women-take this creep OUT! You can do it.


Diane
Anishinaabe in MI