PPP Missouri Senate Poll: McCaskill and Akin are tied.

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PPP: McCaskill 45, Akin 44


By ALEXANDER BURNS |
8/30/12 12:13 PM EDT

Another survey from the Democratic polling group that's unlikely to help nudge Todd Akin out of the Senate race:

PPP's newest poll of the Missouri Senate race finds that Todd Akin is weathering the storm and the contest remains a tossup. Claire McCaskill leads 45-44, just a small change from our poll last week which found Akin ahead by a 44-43 margin.

A few key findings related to Akin's candidacy:

-53% of voters say that they accept Akin's apology for his comments last week to 40% who do not. For most Missourians Akin's words weren't a permanent deal-breaker. Although Democrats are not ready to forgive him, 77% of Republicans say they accept his apology to only 18% who do not.

-Only 37% of voters now say they think Akin should withdraw from the race to 54% who believe he should not. There's a bipartisan consensus that he should stay in- 57% of independents, 53% of Democrats, and 52% of Republicans think he should continue running. There's clearly a disconnect on Akin's candidacy between GOP leaders in Washington DC and actual GOP voters back in Missouri.

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http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/08/ppp-mccaskill-akin-133831.html?hp=r12

[gopiscrap]

1. WTF that doesn't sound right to me!

Sounds like newspapers trying to sell their stuff

[1StrongBlackMan]

2. More evidence ...

that people just don't believe the modern gop IS exactly who they say they are.

[Doctor_J]

3. He'll win a landslide

The only good that might come of this is if the sane half of the country accepts it for one more piece of evidence that we are in a death struggle with pure evil on one level and hopeless ignorance on another level. As worried as I am about the teabaggers, those on our side who refuse to accept the war we're in are also very dangerous. Despite all evidence, they continue to believe that, "the GOP is imploding!", instead of planning and executing forceful pushback.