New 'Bluegrass Poll' Grimes leads McConnell in Senate Race 46-44

[WI_DEM]

After two polls in his favor, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell again has slipped behind Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes, according to the latest Bluegrass Poll.

Grimes, Kentucky's secretary of state, now leads the veteran five-term senator 46 percent to 44 percent among likely voters, the survey found. While that advantage is within the poll's margin of error, it represents a 6-point swing to the Democrat since the last survey in late August.

Libertarian candidate David Patterson had 3 percent support in the poll, while 7 percent of likely voters said they were undecided.

Whereas the Aug. 28 poll, showing McConnell leading by 4 points, suggested he might be slowly pulling away from Grimes, "today, McConnell suddenly and unexpectedly looks wobbly," said SurveyUSA, which conducted the poll for The Courier-Journal, Lexington Herald-Leader, WHAS-TV in Louisville and WKYT-TV in Lexington.

McConnell likewise has had difficulty making his case for a sixth term, as he also suffers from upside-down job approval numbers: 48 percent of registered voters viewed him unfavorably, while 35 percent viewed him favorably.

Kentuckians' opinions of Grimes are divided: 40 percent viewed her favorably, while 39 percent viewed her unfavorably.

http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/elections/kentucky/2014/10/06/mcconnell-grimes-bluegrass-poll-due-tonight/16798721/

[kentuck]

1. I think she is farther ahead.

At least, in my polling.

[WI_DEM]

4. I like your poll.

[WI_DEM]

2. The media makes a lot about our Southern Senators (Pryor & Landreau) in tight races...

but for some reason has given a pass to McConnell who is very unpopular in Kentucky and has all along (even when he was ahead) been struggling and is well below 50%. Georgia is another example of a close Senate race which is off the MSM radar with Nunn vs. Purdue. If McConnell or even Purdue lose and Roberts loses in Kentucky--the Dems do have a real shot at retaining the Senate.

[theHandpuppet]

3. Oh PLEASE make it so!!!

Kentucky please make us proud!!

[CK_John]

5. Using my method posted earlier, I add 5% to the incumbent. So it is 46-49

[Brother Buzz]

6. Using my method

More then 50% of the undecided vote break from the incumbent.

[bigdarryl]

7. How do you figure that

[dinger130]

8. In my little hometown in Kentucky,

which is located between the bluegrass and the mountains, I've noticed many more Alison signs than Team Mitch signs in people's front yards.

[abakan]

9. Looks like a statistical tie to me...

It could go either way, I'm not going to get excited until she wins.

[IDemo]

10. How the heck could anyone remain undecided between these two?

For that fact, how could anyone with a pulse be ready to vote for the Turtle?

[Midnight Writer]

11. Why is McConnel's financial disclosures not an issue?

According to the required financial disclosure forms file by U. S. Senators, Mitch's wealth was

2004-3.1 million dollars

2007-7.8 million dollars

2008- He reported a gift of a money market fund from a relative of his wife, Elaine Chao, a former Labor Secretary and a daughter of an extremely rich family. This at a time the rest of the country was in full economic meltdown.

2012-22.8 million dollars, while the wealth of the rest of the middleclass (and Kentucky voters) went to hell in a handbasket, under his watch as the top Republican in the Senate.

This seems to me as easy as shooting fish in a barrel.