Public Policy Polling (1/4-5, likely voters):
Susan Bysiewicz (D): 50
Michael Fidele (R): 25
Undecided: 25Susan Bysiewicz (D): 48
Tom Foley (R): 26
Undecided: 27Ned Lamont (D): 40
Michael Fidele (R): 30
Undecided: 29Ned Lamont (D): 40
Tom Foley (R): 29
Undecided: 30Dan Malloy (D): 37
Michael Fidele (R): 26
Undecided: 36Dan Malloy (D): 37
Tom Foley (R): 27
Undecided: 36
(MoE: ±4.5%)
I think you’d be forgiven if you’ve forgotten who all these players are, so let’s give you a scorecard:
Susan Bysiewicz: CT Secretary of State (1998-)
Dan Malloy: Mayor of Stamford (1995-)
Ned Lamont: Businessman, ’06 Democratic nominee for U.S. SenateTom Foley: Businessman, U.S. Ambassador to Ireland (2006-2009)
Michael Fedele: State Representative (1992-2002), Lt. Governor (2007-)
Republicans are hampered by extremely low name recognition here, but even Bysiewicz has room to grow (45% are “not sure” whether or not they approve of her). The candidate who arouses the most opinions, one way or the other, is Ned Lamont — but his favorables are at 29-28, well below Bysiewicz’s 39-16 spread. Ned Lamont closed his ’06 campaign with some damaged favorables (29-36, with another 21% having “mixed” feelings, according to a Quinnipiac poll from late October of that year), so he’d have a bit of work to do in building a more appealing image for himself.
Still, though, it’s hard not to like these numbers.
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They really make me question why so many people seem to be so gung-ho about him for Senate again in 2012, especially compared to someone like Chris Murphy.
Boy, I thought we’d never see that headline again… especially in a GOP-held seat.
Its clear people want Susan Bysiewicz is a better choice for governor and Ned Lamont is a better choice for senator.
The day Jodi Rell retired, the Democrats won this seat. The Repubs are crushed in the northeast, they have no base, no bench. Their only chance to hold this seat (and VT-Gov and RI-Gov too) was for the national environment to be terribly in the tank for the Dems. It appears now that Blue America is starting to re-show its colors a bit, and that for now, the 2010 election looks to be more of a regional alignment than an outright national movement.
My opinion of his run 4 gov is just to remind Connecticut (especially) Dems that hes still out there and to make sure no1 forgets that. I still think he wants 2 take on Lieberman in ’12 and is just using this gov race to bring up his name rec.
with Blumenthal in the senate race and this type of polling…..you can stick a fork in CT for the Republicans. Dem committees should spend a dime here.
Michael Pavia was elected to replace him in November. So (1995-2009).
Not nearly as long as Richard Blumenthal has been AG though. It’s kind of interesting that these two longtime office holders are finally (in all probability) going to move up to higher office in the same year.
This looks to be one of the bright spots for us on the gubernatorial front this year.