(R)asmussen Poll--CA Senate: Boxer 49% Fiorina 45%

[book_worm]

(R)asmussen moves this race to "toss-up" despite the fact that two weeks ago they had it as "lean democratic" when Boxer led by a similar four-point margin (47-43), now she is closer to 50% in their own poll and they say it's now a toss-up!:

Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer’s bid for reelection in California against Republican challenger Carly Fiorina is once again a toss-up.

The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows Boxer picking up 49% of the vote, her highest level of support since mid-July. Fiorina earns 45% support. Two percent (2%) prefer some other candidate, and five percent (5%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Two weeks ago, Boxer held a similar four-point edge - 47% to 43% - over Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard. In surveys since February, Boxer, a member of the Senate since 1993, has earned 42% to 49% of the vote. Fiorina has picked up 38% to 48% support in those same surveys.

The latest numbers move this race from Leans Democrat to Toss-Up in the Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Senate Balance of Power rankings.

www.rasmussenreports.com

[Kdillard]

1. Go Boxer and nice to see her closer to 50 %.

[MidwestTransplant]

2. Ras has to start reporting more accurate numbers as we get closer to the election.

He can't set the narrative any longer.

[flamingdem]

3. This is uncomfortably close, arrg. nt