Hamilton Campaigns (5/15-18, likely voters):
Ronnie Musgrove (D): 48
Roger Wicker (R-inc*): 40
(MoE: ±4%)
Musgrove’s favorables are at 57-30, while the lesser-known Wicker is sitting at 42-14. In the 1st Congressional District, Wicker’s homebase (and one picked up by Democrat Travis Childers last week), Wicker only leads by 48-43. Even the presidential race is reasonably close:
Like the 1st District race, party labels will not appear on the ballot beside Wicker and Musgrove’s name, because the November race is technically a special election to fill Republican Trent Lott’s seat. That factor could help Musgrove win voters who are also planning to vote for Republican Sen. John McCain, who is winning the state 50%-41%, according to the poll. President Bush won Mississippi 59%-39% in 2004.
hooooolyyyyyyy shit…. lol Wow… The GOP must have just crapped themselves when they saw this poll! Glad I decided to become a democrat back in 04… lol Or I would really be hating politics right now! lol
The Kos commissioned poll will be much more accurate.
puts its MONEY where its mouth is; IF the dscc puts REAL money into this race; then we will know for sure that we are competitive here
but i could not resist; kos is reporting that the gopers(GREAT HOPE)against john kerrey in MASS may not have the VALID signatures(10,000) to make the ballot!!!!!!!!!! apparently there is a primary opponent with enough valid sigs AND this opponent is more than willing to challenge this; the gopers picked the fellow that lost the special election to nikki tsongas last year and now he MIGHT NOT MAKE THE BALLOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE GOPERS ARE LITERALLY BECOMING A JOKE BEFORE OUR EYES…………
and Musgrove at least raises a million in this quarter this is a very good pickup opportunity.
Musgrove is clearly in a good position and MS is a cheap media market. If he can at least only get out-spend 2-1 then the DSCC will fill the gap and use the same play book as the DCCC did with Childers.
We could have a corporate Joe proof 60 seat majority!
I’m waiting for independent confirmation before I get too excited here. Even if it wasn’t an internal poll, it could be an outlier.