Posted on 09/12/2010 6:48:53 PM PDT by dfergu7477
Raleigh, N.C. – It looks like there’s a real possibility of a major upset in the Delaware Senate primary on Tuesday night, with insurgent conservative Christine O’Donnell leading longtime Congressman and Governor Mike Castle 47-44. That 3 point lead is well within the poll’s margin of error. If Castle is indeed defeated Tuesday night it will be yet another sign that conservatives have a strangle hold on the Republican Party and moderates may or may not be welcome anymore. Castle has an overwhelming 69-21 lead with moderate voters but they only make up 33% of the likely primary electorate. O’Donnell has a 62-31 lead with conservatives that’s more than enough to propel her to the overall lead. It’s clear that Castle’s popularity has taken a sharp turn in the wrong direction over the last month. An August PPP poll found his favorability with Delaware Republicans at a 60/25 spread. Now his favorables within the party are negative at 43/47. That’s largely a product of 55% of voters in his party saying they think he’s too liberal compared to 37% who think he’s about right. GOP voters are pretty sharply divided about O’Donnell as well. 45% have a favorable opinion of her with 41% seeing her unfavorably. Only 50% of primary voters think she’s fit to hold public office but she does much better than Castle on the ideology front- 53% think she’s about right. If O’Donnell pulls it out Tuesday night it will be a major victory for Delaware’s small but united group of Tea Party voters. Just 25% of Republicans in the state consider themselves to be members of that movement but they give her a 79-18 advantage that’s more than enough to overcome her 52-39 deficit with everyone else.
Excellent!!!
personally....i don’t trust PPP.....they have been bad lately, so i urge people just go out there a vote or give support
Christine is definitely viable. It’s important that voters know they won’t be wasting their vote if they vote for her.
Cross your fingers. This is PPP we’re talking about here.
Whoa that is good news. The majority of the people will make the right decision when given the information.
It is so interesting to see how Palin can sway the vote (giving her some credit). I doubt she ever thought this could be a part of her political career.
Its hard to believe Odonnell even has time to campaign what with running a drug cartel, porn business, and her hobby as a serial killer. She really is amazing.
Remember all they could poll were Republican and not indies or Dems so there is as not as much opportunity to skew the poll.
The smears are backfiring on the old RINO!!!Terrific. He is going down. Hard.
PPP isn’t worth a ****, but there’s no doubt that Christine doesn’t have the big MO.
YES YES YES YES YES !!
Or as an old Broadcaster in Iowa used to say: I love it, I love it, I LOVE IT!!
And this is a PPP poll.
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GOOD F-N riddance RINO !!
She's got the momemtum. No wonder the Delaware GOP is going nuclear on her.
You nailed the trend FIRST on FaceBook!
If the RINOS got minor heartburn from the Murkowski defeat, a Castle defeat will make them grab a gallon of Pepto Bismal.
Great stuff - you beat me posting by 5 mins. I wanted “breaking news” and “blogspot” and couldn’t get them both.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!
Castle’s goin’ doooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnn!
And to think that I had someone tell me today that they would no longer support Palin because she endorsed O’Donnell.....
Having said that onyx, you have to give PPP credit for doing the poll when no one else was willing to do it.
Snicker!
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