Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes leads five-term incumbent Sen. Mitch McConnell (R) 46% to 42%
McConnell enjoys a comfortable 26 point margin in the Republican primary contest against Matt Bevin in the poll conducted by Survey USA
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Let me see if I’ve got this right: The 5-Term incumbent is trailing his Democratic Challenger by 4 percentage points; yet, the majority of GOP Primary voters still want him to be their candidate in November???? Who did they poll? The inbreds in the mountains?
Well.... this IS Kentucky. So... some of them, yeah!
I don't believe for a second that McConnell or Bevin would lose to Grimes in the general. People in the state are disgusted with Mitch. But, they don't really know Grimes yet either. McConnell's mud slinging machine has been solely focued on Bevin for now. People, in general, know even LESS about Bevin than they do Grimes. What little they do know? Is negative crap told to them from Mitch.