Posted on 08/30/2012 5:13:15 AM PDT by IbJensen
WASHINGTON, DC, August 29, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A poll of likely Missouri general election voters released this morning shows that, far from being out of the race, embattled Senate candidate Todd Akin has regained his lead over Senator Claire McCaskill by a 45% to 42% margin, with 13% undecided.
The survey conducted by Wenzel Strategies commissioned by Family Research Council Action also shows Akin leading by 10 points among independent voters.
“Despite the firestorm of news in the Senate race over the past few weeks, most voters have already made up their mind in the race, the survey shows,” said Wenzel Strategies pollster Fritz Wenzel. “The fact that 80% said they were firm in their choice certainly indicates that this is a race that will be decided more by ideology and turnout efforts by the campaigns and less by breaking news that flashes across the news pages and cable news channels.”
Wenzel also observed that “McCaskill holds a 58% lead over Akin among very liberal voters, but that pales compared to Akin’s 81% to 5% lead among very conservative voters in Missouri.”
Family Research Council Action PAC Chairman Tony Perkins was unequivocal in his support for Akin. “Throughout his career, Todd Akin has consistently fought for legislation that honors marriage, human life, religious freedom, and national security,” he said.
“He also has a long record of opposing the commodification of women - in stark contrast to his opponent and liberal detractors, who promote groups like Planned Parenthood while ignoring how abortion harms them.”
Perkins noted that McCaskill has supported taxpayer funding for abortion on demand. “She came to the Senate claiming to govern from the center but has instead been a steadfast supporter of President Obama and his liberal policies,” he said.
The Family Research Council telephone poll was conducted by Wenzel Strategies from Aug. 27 to Aug. 28, testing 829 voters for a margin of error of plus or minus 3.38 percent. The sample was 32.7 percent Democrats, 34.1 percent Republicans and 33.2 percent independents.
You forget that McCasket’s negatives are that high in Missouri. Missouri voted 70% to 30% to overturn Obamacare in Missouri and that means that a whole lot of registered Democrats either stayed home or voted with that 70%
You hit it dead center. The explosion of angry voices was over the single word “LEGITIMATE”. Now, what would have happened if he has (more prudently) used the expression “FELONY rape”?
What would have been the outcry then?
I sure do - he was running for Marcy Kaptur's seat.
The bad news? It worked.
Just dont say anything else stupid, Akin.
A parting dig? I guess you were 'reluctant' to post that as well, eh?
Perhaps, but that wasn’t showing up in Rasmussen. I’d be happy to be proven wrong, but so far the only polls I’ve seen showing Akin ahead were the PPP poll with R+9 designed to keep Akin in the race and this one paid for by one of Akin’s biggest supporters.
Would you be referring to the same 65% who are big enough to honor the results of that primary as opposed to the party hierarchy who aren't.
One of our local politicians got caught up in that stupidity but it died down for him because even here in the north we don’t hate re en actors for wearing confederate uniforms.
He’s a township official and even went so far as to provide photos of himself wearing a German WWII uniform next to the Ohio politician.
IMO, you won't be happy, especially then.
Right now I’m surprised he is close at all since McCasket controls the airwaves with her Leftwaffe dropping softball adds on veterans and the elderly, but most Missourians aren’t buying what she is now selling despite the GOPe’s failure to date to enter the fray against her.
Actually this poll sample is only +1.4 Republicans, so that’s better.
Yes, that poll that was R+9 was garbage, and Akin seemed completely unaware of that until Hannity pointed it out to him.
But I think it’s clear now that Akin would stay in even if every poll showed him down by 20. So let’s hope for the best.
The 58 percent may means that “liberals” are so uninformed they don’t know they are liberals.
Conservatives and the GOP, if they are serious about saving America from the Communists and socialists and leftist Luddites, MUST take over an EQUAL number of newsmedia organs from the left. Just FOX isn't enough, and even FOX, though excoriated by the left, DOES provide equal and balanced coverage. THAT is NOT what we need. We need newsmedia which just as biased towards OUR positions as CNN, ABC, CBS, TNT, etc are towards the left.
SECOND, we have to start a grassroots movement to TAKE BACK our schools and colleges from the leftists who have seized control of them. Not only do they brainwash future generations of Americans into believing leftist garbage, they are so busy teaching left wing propaganda and politically correct drivel that Americans have fallen FAR behind OTHER nations in the sciences and many other disciplines.
Kids today can tell you who the first black scientist is, but haven't a clue about relativity.
They can tell you about Martin Luther King and Selma but don't know the name of their own governor or who we fought our Revolution against or even why.
We need to start DEMANDING copies of texts and information about curricula at every level of education, we need to SCRUTINIZE, CRITICIZE and REJECT unacceptable material that the schools and colleges use, we need to take over Boards of Education and school systems from the "professional" educators and demand more input from US and from leaders in private industry who KNOW what the needs of the business world in America are, and DEMAND that these needs be addressed in formulating curricula while REJCTING junk knowledge about pointless politically correct crap.
These two points are CRITICAL to saving America and our way of life.
More conservatives need to read Machiavelli.
The goal is retaking the Senate and kicking Obama out of the White House.
Well then you better go kick Reince Priebus right square in the gonads and tell him he might be helping in losing a seat if he keeps up his petty BS of withholding funds from Akin!
Or is this Senate seat "not that important" after all?
Akin made the first goal much harder.
Thanks for sharing your opinion.
Defiant and determined, Akin plans return to the campaign trail, joining rival McCaskill
Akin camp alleges threats to staff
Akin’s spokesman Ryan Hite confirmed that some members of Akin’s campaign staff, and some volunteers, have received threatening emails, some of which assert their careers might be ruined if they stay with Akin.
A source close to Akin provided the Beacon a copy of one such email that allegedly came from a GOP committeeperson in central Missouri. The sender’s name had been blacked out.
“Many within the Republican Party have noticed your energetic and passionate work with Todd Akin’s Senate campaign,” the note read. “You are young, well spoken, and likeable. I have spoken with many other state committeemen and women and there is a consensus among those who know of you that you may very well be a rising star within the Missouri GOP. But not if you stay on Todd Akin’s failing campaign.”
The note continued, “ I do not want to see your future in Missouri politics tarnished, and if you continue to support Mr. Akin’s bid for Senate by working on his campaign, the MRP will have no choice but to refuse support for any future political endeavors you may have.”
A spokesman for the Missouri Republican Party condemned such a note, and said party leaders did not condone such activities.
https://www.stlbeacon.org/#!/content/26748/akin_returns_mccaskill_webb_082812?coverpage=1555
The dims overplayed their hand on this...BIG TIME...and it is turning people off.
“Akin made the first goal much harder. “
Thanks in huge part to screaming republican weasels!
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