The Feldman Group for the DSCC (5/12-16, likely voters):
Jeff Merkley (D): 42
Gordon Smith (R-inc): 45
Undecided: 14
(MoE: ±3.5%)
The poll also shows Gordon Smith with a remarkably high negative job approval rating: 29% positive, 55% negative.
Looks like this one is shaping up to be a real race.
Rasmussen had Merkley down 4 points, only 1 point off this poll. Usually internal polls inflate their candidate’s numbers.
Wow, those are horrible numbers. Bush actually has a 6 point higher positive rating in Oregon than Smith (although his negatives are 8 points higher).
http://www.surveyusa.com/clien…
That’s crazy. Smith is in real trouble here.
Just checking, last I heard he would vote for the independent over Merkley.
And this poll doesn’t have any potential post primary bounce either. It wouldn’t take much of a bounce to give Merkley a lead, albeit a tiny, tiny one.