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DSCC poll: McCaskill up 12 in Missouri
10/18/12 5:24 PM EDT
A new poll conducted for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee finds Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill with a solid double-digit lead over Todd Akin in Missouri's Senate race.
The survey, which was shared early with POLITICO, shows the Democrat taking 47 percent, compared with 35 percent for Akin and 8 percent for Libertarian Jonathan Dine. When Dine was excluded from the poll, McCaskill led Akin by 10 points, 50 percent to 40 percent.
A major factor in McCaskill's advantage comes from almost universal support from Democrats -- 95 percent, compared with just 75 percent of Republicans who say they're backing Akin.
This margin is slightly smaller than the 14-point lead McCaskill's internal poll gave her yesterday, but still shows that McCaskill has a solid lead in a race that has been seen as a likely Democratic victory since Akin's "legitimate rape" comments this summer. It also comes on the heels of the news that McCaskill raised $5.8 million this quarter, compared with $1.6 million for Akin.
The poll, conducted by Harstad Strategic Research for the DSCC, surveyed 603 likely voters in Missouri from Oct. 15 to Oct. 17.
The survey, which was shared early with POLITICO, shows the Democrat taking 47 percent, compared with 35 percent for Akin and 8 percent for Libertarian Jonathan Dine. When Dine was excluded from the poll, McCaskill led Akin by 10 points, 50 percent to 40 percent.
A major factor in McCaskill's advantage comes from almost universal support from Democrats -- 95 percent, compared with just 75 percent of Republicans who say they're backing Akin.
This margin is slightly smaller than the 14-point lead McCaskill's internal poll gave her yesterday, but still shows that McCaskill has a solid lead in a race that has been seen as a likely Democratic victory since Akin's "legitimate rape" comments this summer. It also comes on the heels of the news that McCaskill raised $5.8 million this quarter, compared with $1.6 million for Akin.
The poll, conducted by Harstad Strategic Research for the DSCC, surveyed 603 likely voters in Missouri from Oct. 15 to Oct. 17.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/10/dscc-poll-mccaskill-up-in-missouri-138929.html
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