Posted on 04/05/2018 10:24:30 AM PDT by GIdget2004
Former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen (D) now has a 10-point lead over Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R) in their race to replace the retiring Sen. Bob Corker (R), according to a poll released Thursday.
The Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) poll found that 45 percent of respondents would vote for Bredesen if the race were held today, compared to 35 percent for Blackburn, as first reported by The Tennessean. Another 17 percent said they remain unsure.
The survey indicates Bredesen, a former Nashville mayor, is gathering a wide coalition of support, with a plurality of self-identified independents, 45 percent, saying they would vote for him, compared to 33 percent for Blackburn. He also gets more backing from across the aisle 20 percent of Republicans say they would vote for him, compared to only 5 percent of Democrats who say the same about Blackburn.
"I think some of that good will or social capital that he built up as governor may be paying dividends for him now," said the director of the MTSU survey.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Repeal the 17th amendment, and this would be a non-issue.
Oh boy. Alabama mk. 2...
Marsha Blackburn is no Roy Mooore freak job.
While not excited about those numbers, we need to remember that November is a looong time away.
Stick to your guns The election needs to be nationalized. The Democrats have already done it. Call it the Mother of all Mid-Terms.
How is this even possible? I thought Tennessee was like the 10th most conservative state. How is it even possible that conservative Tennessee voters would allow the Dems to capture the Senate no matter how much they liked their ex Governor. You have to be brain dead not to consider the implications for the Supreme Court if Trump loses the GOP Senate.
How is this even possible? Are Tennessee voters really this stupid that a name is more important than holding the Senate? Somebody better get down their and start reading the riot act to Tennessee voters.
Posting Phony Polls
Let me guess, Bredesen is a blue dog, pro Trump Conservative Democrat.
Don’t get gaslit, folks.
Is this referring to a special election coming up or the Nov. election?
I really don’t understand how ANY Republican can vote for a Democrat..do they not understand this simple point, if Dems take power back, they want to repeal the 2nd Amendment..do people NOT care about that..the Dems want to take away people’s guns yet they will vote for the Dem anyway?
He may have been a blue dog as governor. He’ll be Schumer’s lap dog in Washington since their national party owns them. Blackburn needs to hammer that home.
The Democrat can’t be any worse then Corker.
Great googly moogly, would people please look at the methodology before anyone gets his knickers in a knot.
It’s. A. Crock. Poll.
It’s time for some to stop whistling past the graveyard. They get Trump if they regain power and the GOPe is paving that effort.
When election time comes around, that point will be made.
A very good idea, but highly unlikely.
So true... the 17th Amendment is the foundation the Uniparty is built on..
Voting for tax cuts or tax nailed to the wall
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