This is fun! MSNBC: DeLay supporters defecting

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Support for DeLay erodes at home, poll finds
Fewer than half of past backers would vote to re-elect embattled lawmaker

MSNBC News Services
Updated: 9:28 p.m. ET Jan. 14, 2006

Only half of those who cast ballots for embattled U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay in 2004 are inclined to do so again, according to a recent poll of voters in DeLay's home district.

A criminal indictment and continuing ethics investigations of DeLay have severely eroded support for the former House majority leader, most notably among Republicans who voted for him before, according to the Houston Chronicle, which conducted its poll last week.

A quarter of the 2004 DeLay voters remain undecided about who they will support this year, but 20 percent have defected to other candidates, the survey of 560 registered voters in Texas' 22nd Congressional District found.


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DeLay, who is accused of violating campaign finance laws in Texas, won 80 percent of the vote in the 2002 Republican primary, according to the Chronicle.

But according to the Chronicle poll, 38 percent of those surveyed have changed their opinion of DeLay over the past year. Of those, 91 percent view him less favorably, according to the paper.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10855113 /

And from Kadie:

Poll: DeLay Losing Support in Own District


Poll: DeLay Losing Support in Own District

Saturday, January 14, 2006

(01-14) 18:37 PST HOUSTON (AP) --


Barely one of every five of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's constituents would vote for him if the election were held now, according to a newspaper poll released Saturday.


The Republican congressman, who lost his leadership post because of felony money laundering charges against him, trailed Democratic rival and former congressman Nick Lampson in his southeastern Texas district, according to the poll of 560 registered voters conducted for the Houston Chronicle.


In polling conducted Tuesday through Thursday, 22 percent of respondents said they would vote for DeLay, 30 percent chose Lampson and 11 percent favored Republican-turned-independent former congressman Steve Stockman.


DeLay's spokeswoman Shannon Flaherty challenged the validity of the poll and said the result is "contrary to the strong support we're seeing for Congressman DeLay throughout the district."

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