Suffolk University (8/21-24, likely voters, no trendlines):
Mark Udall (D): 39
Bob Schaffer (R): 31
Douglas Campbell (ACP): 4
Robert Kinsey (G): 2
Undecided: 22
(MoE: ±4.6%)
Mason-Dixon also has released a poll (8/13-15, likely voters) showing Udall leading Schaffer by 10 points:
Mark Udall (D): 47
Bob Schaffer (R): 37
Robert Kinsey (G): 2
(MoE: ±4.9%)
Schaffer’s campaign manager, major league asshole Dick Wadhams, responds with his typical bluster:
“That flies in the face of just about every other number I’ve seen in this race, and I think Mason-Dixon had a bad night,” said Schaffer campaign spokesman Dick Wadhams. “This poll is so far off the mark, I can’t even respond to it.”
Interesting. See, I’m looking at Pollster.com’s chart for this race, and I see seven other polls showing Udall leading by eight points or more. In fact, the Pollster aggregate shows Udall leading by six points, so it’s hard to argue that Mason-Dixon is that far off the mark.
SSP currently rates this race as Lean Democratic.
did they?
For the lazy the last 10 polls have been Udall +8, +8, +6, +6, +9, Tie, +3, +9, +10, +9. Maybe he has bought into the Rove “Math”.
He’s so charmingly incompetent and aggressive, but he’s been on a losing streak and I can see it continuing.
I just hope they take pity on him and keep giving him employment, so they get poorly run campaigns and we get the constant hilarity of Rovian politics without the talent.