Senate Races: Latest Poll Results frrom DC Political Report

DC Political Report (and other sources) ^ | October 9, 2002

[Bryan]

Due to the slimy maneuvers of the Democrats in New Jersey, I must report that my estimate of the number of Senate seats the GOP will gain has dropped from three to two. But we will still take control of the Senate -- and the all-important Judiciary Committee. And there are a few races where the Democratic candidate has only a very slender lead, and could be beaten with some hard work.

Several other races look much better than they did when I posted a similar thread two weeks ago. Races that were very close have seen the GOP candidate acquire a little breathing room.

Special thanks to KQQL for flagging me to threads that had the latest Texas, New Jersey and Missouri poll results. The following is a summary of the peculiar Louisiana system by Freeper WFTR:

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Louisiana runs a strange system. All candidates run together in November. If one gains over 50% of the vote, that candidate wins. If no one gets more than 50%, the top two candidates have a runoff in December.

The Republicans have three real candidates in this race. I write about them and their appearance at a candidate forum in an article on my own website. I also posted part of this one as a vanity here at Free Republic. The thread is at

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/campaign2002/742529/posts

From everything that I've seen, the Republican candidates are still splitting about 30-35% of the vote right now. Another roughly 15% of the vote is made of Republicans who are undecided among the three Republican candidates. The election hangs on about 5% of the voters who are truly undecided about whether to vote for Mary Landrieu or one of the three Republicans. If Landrieu gets those votes, she wins. If they split, there will be a runoff. The GOP is hoping for a runoff where we hope to have more motivated voters who will take us to victory.

[Bryan]

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[Bryan]

Get your hot 'n' fresh poll results here.

[bybybill]

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[Wphile]

Hmmmm. Our odds still look good in MN, MO, and SD but I don't like the looks of Colorado and Arkansas. My original call was for a pickup of 4: NJ, SD, MN, MO but I have to drop NJ off of that since the democrat switcheroo. So, that means a pickup of 3, assuming we can hold onto Arkansas and Colorado. Assuming one of those two doesn't make it, it's looking more like a pickup of only 2 at this point. Bummer.

But who knows, Cornyn sure took off in Texas. It could happen elsewhere.

[Wphile]

Wayne Allard* (R) ............. 42% This one is close

Tom Strickland (D) ............ 42% but I think Allard

Rick Stanley (Lib) ................ 6% will pull it off.

Gotta love those libertarians - NOT!!

[Bryan]

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It smells like victory.

Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.

[Wphile]

New Jersey (Star-Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgers, 10/6)

Frank Lautenberg (D) ......... 44% Seat is held by

Douglas Forrester (R) ......... 44% Bob Torricelli (D).

Hey, Forrester is looking good. Oh God, how I hope he pulls this out. Go DOUG go! Maybe I will put NJ back in the GOP pickup column.

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[Bryan]

My estimates are conservative. I'm saying that we'll pick up two seats. We may pick up three or four. I'd rather be pleasantly surprised than disappointed and disgusted.

[Wphile]

Me too. I just can't figure out what the h*ll is the matter with those yahoos in SD. Thune should be running away with this. And Colorado is a mystery too. Should be a solid conservative state. Of course, the libertarian is a problem there.

I noticed that the SD race is an older poll - 9/19. I thought I had read or heard that Thune has pulled slightly ahead in that one. Keep the faith.

[rb22982]

thanks for the ping and the info

[rb22982]

My guess is the LP candidate will not get 6% (maybe 2%) and that 2/3 of those votes will go to the Republican candidate. Will be interesting and sad to see if another Slade happens. My guess is Zogby is off here, the only other 2 polls out (a bit older but nonetheless) show GOP +11 and +8 in Colorado.

[comebacknewt]

Thanks for the ping.

At this point, I am not as optimistic as you. The only sure incumbent loser I see is Hutchison in Arkansas.

I sure would feel a lot better if Thune or Talent could open up an actual lead!

[Mo1]

THis whole thing makes me a nervous wreck ..

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[Wphile]

I didn't notice that the Colorado poll was Zogby's. It's also from 9/18 and it's possible much has changed since then. I also find the 6% awfully high for the libertarian candidate. Thanks for helping me feel better about this race!

[Wphile]

You and I both! I have no fingernails to speak of. It's going to be a long 4 weeks.

TAKE BACK THE SENATE!!

[Mo1]

I HATE DEMOCRATS!!!!

[Bryan]

THis whole thing makes me a nervous wreck ..

Just remember the end of Campaign 2000. What a cliff-hanger! And it all turned out all right in the end. Have a litle faith.