Poll shows Akin's slide in Missouri Senate race

[brooklynite]

Source: St Louis Post-Dispatch

U.S. Senate challenger Todd Akin's support in Missouri has plummeted since his remarks a week ago about "legitimate rape" and pregnancy, putting him 9 points behind Sen. Claire McCaskill in a race he was previously winning, according to a new Post-Dispatch/News 4 poll.

More than half of Missouri voters now view the Republican congressman unfavorably, the poll indicates, and fewer than one in five view him favorably.

Akin's fall is especially dramatic among women. They were about evenly split between Akin and McCaskill in a similar poll at the end of July, but women now oppose him by almost 20 percentage points. Even in rural areas where Akin retains the lead, his support has dropped significantly from a month ago.

"I was undecided ... Now I'm not supportive of him," said Bonnie Walker, 75, of Queen City, who was one of the poll respondents. "It's such a negative for Missouri."



Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/ec51f6bb-61e1-5943-aea2-fff264df2cb8.html

[jaysunb]

1. Good to see that the Rassmusen poll was right

whether they intended to be or not.

[Berlum]

2. Akin is welded to the Romney-Ryan-Republican DEGENERATE VALUES craphole

Americans really despise the cesspool degenerate values that Republicans so hatefully embrace.

[Aristus]

3. Just shows what a stupid idiot he is. The slide, I'm sure, has nothing to do with abortion.

And everything to do with his presumptuous notion that men get to dictate what constitutes rape and what does not.

Even the most ardent anti-choice women must find that repulsive in the extreme.

[pstokely]

12. But loyal Republican stepford wives will still vote for him

nt

[avebury]

4. K&R nt

[Deep13]

5. We should send the crazy RW of the R. party a thank-you gift...

...for failing to win the Senate for the second time.

[Iliyah]

6. Nope, I don't trust these polls especially Ras

Why? Because the GOP establishment wants Akins out, and I still think that most polls are controlled by the corporations. Missourians are not liking Akins position BUT the GOP party platform includes exactly what Akins has spouted? Therefore, I would think that the polls would show Missourians at least slightly moving towards Pres O which from what I have seen has not.

The GOP wants Akins out. . .

[Art_from_Ark]

13. Missouri sometimes votes for a Senator from one party

and a President from another. For example, in 1992, the state voted for both Clinton (D) for President, and Kit Bond (R) for US Senate.

[Dave Kilby]

7. Akin is not an outier

The only reason Todd Akin is in trouble with his fellow Republicans because he had the audacity to say out loud what the party line is.

Check out "The Repuglican War on Women" on "Grumbles From an Old Grouch" (grumblesfromanoldgrouch.com). You'll be amazed (and a bit frightened) how many anti-women bills Todd Akin and Paul Ryan co-sponsored.

[CountAllVotes]

9. Akin speaks the Puke truth

and yes, very right you are and Welcome to the Democratic Underground!!

[Thinkingabout]

8. Being anti-abortion does not qualify anyone to hold office.

Too many people look at the abortion issue and then they vote, we need to elect leaders not protesters. I wonder how the voting record of these same people are on the safety net to care for these children born to families who can not afford them. They are against abortion but believe in abandoning them after they are born.

[freshwest]

14. Very good point.

[SunSeeker]

10. I don't get it. Didn't these people know he was a "no exceptions" anti-choicer before?!

I mean, all he did was display lack of science knowledge. His misogynistic "no exceptions in case of rape" position was well known--he campaigned on it. Why did this guy EVER have a lead???

[brooklynite]

16. Don't forget, he didn't WIN the nomination...

He got 1/3 of the 1/3 of eligible Missouri eligible voters (Republicans) who chose to vote in a three-way race. Not a ringing endorsement.

[Liberal_in_LA]

11. .

[Dannyteague]

15. Outside of St Louis and Columbia, Missouri is red eclect

redneck. Down where Limbaugh is from was a KKK hot spot when he was growing up

[Liberal_in_LA]

17. excellent