Democracy Corps (10/16-19, likely voters):
Jim Martin (D): 44
Saxby Chambliss (R-inc): 48
Undecided: 7
(MoE: ±4%)
That’s what we call “striking distance”, folks. While this race will require a huge final push, Chambliss is dangerously below 50% in eight of the last ten polls. Hopefully the DSCC will crank it up and and launch a saturation campaign in the final two weeks, but Martin still needs our help. His name ID is only at 55% according to this poll, meaning he has a lot of room to grow but not much time to do it.
If you’ve thought about donating to Jim Martin, please do so now — he could use the boost. Let’s get the total number of donors on SSP’s Actblue page up to an even 100.
Bonus finding: McCain leads Obama by only 46-44 in Georgia (with another 4% split evenly for Barr and Nader).
UPDATE: In the comments, safi makes a good observation: this poll didn’t include Libertarian Allen Buckley, who has taken levels of support in the mid-single digits in other recent polls.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/…
Himes (D) – 44%
Shays (R-Inc.) – 44%
Didn’t include Buckley whose been pulling in 5-6% in many polls.
But I see SUSA has started polling senate approval numbers. They must have just posted September’s approvals, even though they are a month old.
Some key Senator’s approval/disapprovals as of September 28:
KY – McConnell – 40/50 (-10)
KS – Roberts – 49/36 (+13)
MN – Coleman – 42/55 (-13)
OR – Smith – 35/57 (-22!)
http://www.surveyusa.com/50Sta…
Ralph Nader isn’t on the ballot here in Georgia. While he will be an official write-in candidate, I don’t see 2% of the Georgia electorate writing him in.