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dkf

(37,305 posts)
Mon Oct 15, 2012, 05:26 PM Oct 2012

Lol fakey poll sponsored by Citizens United...Akin takes lead.

Akin takes the lead in Missouri in new poll

A Republican polling firm has GOP Rep. Todd Akin up by four points over Democratic incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill in their hard-fought Missouri Senate race.

Mr. Akin led his opponent 49 percent to 45 percent in a survey conducted for the Citizens United Victory Fund by Wenzel Strategies, one of just two polls to give him the upper hand after his party all but abandoned him in August for his widely condemned comments that victims of "legitimate" rape are unlikely to become pregnant.

That's because Mr. Akin led among independents by a 50 percent to 41 percent margin, according to the pollster. He also appeared to have stronger support from his own party. Eighty-four percent of Republican respondents said they would vote for him, compared to 82 percent of Democrats for Mrs. McCaskill.

http://m.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/oct/15/akin-takes-lead-missouri-new-poll/

Some of this polling is so pathetic. Ugh.

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Lol fakey poll sponsored by Citizens United...Akin takes lead. (Original Post) dkf Oct 2012 OP
they probably just polled their own members.... lastlib Oct 2012 #1
The anti-choice kooks will run with this. Dawson Leery Oct 2012 #2
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