SurveyUSA for Roll Call (registered voters):
Mary Landrieu (D-inc.): 46%
John Kennedy (R): 42%
(MoE: ±3.9%)
Those numbers don’t quite jive with Kennedy’s internal polling that he published late last month, which showed him leading Landrieu by a 45%-38% margin. We can’t yet tell for sure which poll is the outlier, but at this point, I’m inclined to trust SUSA over Kennedy’s Zogby poll.
Whatever the case, this one’s gonna be tough.
UPDATE: The full poll is available here.
UPDATE #2: Hey, guess what? Kennedy finally took a bold leap into the 21st Century and removed his official campaign site from Geocities. His next task? Remove all those “Under Construction” and dancing Calvin & Hobbes GIF files from his current site.
realistically speaking. certainly not strong, but we knew with the changing climate we wouldn’t be that strong.
is the fact that due to the 2007 elections, Kennedy’s name was all over and everywhere. He is still hot in their minds. Last time Landreiu’s name was being passed around all over? 2002. I would expect Landreiu to have more room to grow from here since she hasn’t had tv ads or anything running lately.
How popular is Mary’s brother, Mitch, the current Lt. Governor? I know he won easily against token opposition this fall, but their family name is still hot on the minds of Louisiana voters as well. How helpful would he be on the campaign trail?
…How much does the general anti-incumbent mood translate into opposing incumbent Democrats?