2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumPost-Dispatch/News 4 Poll: McCaskill leads by +9
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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.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/poll-shows-akin-s-slide-in-missouri-senate-race/article_ec51f6bb-61e1-5943-aea2-fff264df2cb8.html
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)TroyD
(4,551 posts)Ashleyshubby
(81 posts)Why would Rasmussen pretend that the party he hates is ahead? The conspiracy theories concocted around Rasmussen are something too kooky.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)I was listening to some of RW talk shows yesterday and they continuely brought up the Raz poll as evidence he should drop out.
Rasmussen is controlled by the GOP. Anyone who doesnt realize that is more than "kooky".
Rhiannon12866
(204,630 posts)Welcome to DU, TroyD! It's great to have you with us!
TroyD
(4,551 posts)CATEGORY - McCASKILL - AKIN
State - 50 - 41
St. Louis - 57 - 33
Kansas City - 60 - 30
Northern Missouri - 37 - 54
Central Missouri - 43 - 50
Southeast Missouri - 43 - 51
Southwest Missouri 38 - 53
SEX
Men - 44 - 46
Women - 55 - 37
AGE
18-34 - 55 - 35
35-49 - 52 - 41
50-64 - 48 - 43
65+ - 48 - 40
RACE
White - 45 - 46
Black - 87 - 2
PARTY
Democrat - 89 - 5
Republican - 14 - 79
Independent - 52 - 35
longship
(40,416 posts)If Claire has her shit together, there is no coming back from this by Akin. He's toast.
I hope Claire keeps hammering away at ol' Todd-o.
oldhippydude
(2,514 posts)i heard of a poll that had Obama ahead in Missouri... the Republicans treatment of women could very well end up in an electoral landslide, as well as house (of representatives) cleaning..
Still a long way to go, keep hammering. Not sure of a landslide, but this election will be won or lost by the women vote
TroyD
(4,551 posts)True. It will be up to women to do the right thing and determine the future
One of the things that's always obvious with polls like this is it shows how many regressive men there still are. Many of them are still supporting Akin.
Btw, the formatting of the poll categories got messed up when I copied it above.
If you're interested in seeing the full demographics chart, you can find them at the link when you scroll down.
theinquisitivechad
(322 posts)However, I don't think it's too far-fetched to imagine Father GOP will take Akin out of the race whether he likes it or not. . .I would be very, very afraid if I were him.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)short of some mafia-esk type treatment... which I suppose is a possibility.