Posted on 09/14/2010 7:38:38 AM PDT by gumbyandpokey
New Polls Show Mostly Republican Leads Fox News is set to release a series of new polls of likely voters in several key states. They were released early to users of their new iPhone app.
Florida: Marco Rubio (R) leads Gov. Charlie Crist (I) in the U.S. Senate race, 43% to 27%, with Rep. Kendrick Meek (D) at 21%.
Alex Sink (D) is ahead of Rick Scott (R) in the race for governor, 49% to 41%.
Nevada: Sharron Angle (R) edges Sen. Harry Reid (D) in the U.S. Senate race, 45% to 44%.
Pennsylvania: Pat Toomey (R) leads Rep. Joe Sestak (D) in the U.S. Senate race, 47% to 41%.
Ohio: Rob Portman (R) leads Lee Fisher (D) in the U.S. Senate race, 48% to 41%.
John Kasich (R) is ahead of Gov. Ted Strickland (D) in the race for governor, 48% to 43%.
California: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) edges Carly Fiorina (D) in the U.S. Senate race, 46% to 44%.
Meg Whitman (R) is ahead of Jerry Brown (D) in the race for governor, 49% to 43%.
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The "Likely Voter" definition traditionally has concerned itself with past behavior (i.e., "did you vote in 2008?").
IF that is the definition (or a % of the definition) that these polls are using, GOP strength and Democrat weakness is probably being under-reported, because of the huge "enthusiasm gap" between 2008 and 2010.
When it comes to Alex Sink, she is running a stealth campaign.
She has scrubbed her website.
She has pro-homosexual marriage, pro-homosexual adoption of children, pro-gun control, and a host of other liberal positions.
Scott better prove he was not an accident.
He ran a tremendous media and turnout operation in the primary - one would think he has something similar in store for the general. We'll see....
In Fiorina vs Boxer it is essentially chemotherapy for the political landscape. You have to deal with hurting the body a little short term to cure the illness long term.
I think Scott is a bad nominee. The Florida primary voters should have gone with the AG. He would have won and he is a lot better than Sink.
Fiorina was endorsed by the Susan B. Anthony list. That is not a sign of being a RINO, at least on that one issue.
What should have been almost slam dunk win in the FL Gov race for Repubs has been turned in to a tossup by Rick Scott.
He is a lousy candidate with heavy baggage, the only reason he won he saturated the campaign with slick TV ads.
Disagree, when RINO’s win, they drag the GOP down with them, one cannot really stand with them as they pivot and stab rank and file Conservative Republicans in the back.
I notice no one has 50% as of yet, but think Sink is in real trouble in FL as his reputation is simply bad.
One of the tighter polls - Kasich is up double-digits in most polls I've seen.
I like Kasich but he does rub some the wrong way...including Strickland from the looks of that poll.
Alex Sink (D) is ahead of Rick Scott (R) in the race for governor, 49% to 41%.
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This is NOT good. We desperately need Scott to win. We do not want a Dem governor. I’m telling you, the Dems care less about the Senate race than they do the governor. They want to turn FL blue and the governor can do it, a Senator can’t. These poll numbers are bad, bad bad.
That poll just ruined my day. It’s time to get out there and pound the pavement for Scott.
Angle better get moving...if in this shite ecomony...and 1% is all she can do in a once GOP state till all the Kali and NE folks moved in...is pretty discouraging
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I agree, I’m real worried about that one.
Fine, let Sink win. He will make sure he turns FL blue for many years to come.
If this poll is accurate,Angle is as close to having it in the bag as it gets. Undecideds break for the challenger, especially when the incumbent has been a fixture for this long.
Yeah, I hope Californians aren’t going to freak out the way folks from Massachusetts did when Scott Brown turned out to be (gasp!) not Rush Limbaugh.
McCollum was a milquetoast that made even Charlie Bronze look like Patton.
Not to open a can of worms on Rick Scott (I personally like him) but it doesn't matter so much if Sink takes the Governor's mansion if we strengthen our hold on the FL House and Senate at the state level. I think that is a foregone conclusion. If conservatives hold the state house and senate, they control what legislation gets to the governors desk.
There's always a chance. Democrats aren't at work (obviously, otherwise they wouldn't be democrats), so they'll be at the polls from noon on (not much before that). The Republicans have to wait until after work, so they won't get there until at least 5 - 6:00 this evening.
Who knows how this will turn out, but the Republican vote always has to wait until after work hours. Democrats don't have to worry about schedules.
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