Quinnipiac (1/14-19, registered voters, 11/10 in parentheses):
Ned Lamont (D): 41
Michael Fedele (R): 32
Undecided: 23Ned Lamont (D): 38
Tom Foley (R): 36
Undecided: 21Dan Malloy (D): 37
Michael Fedele (R): 31
Undecided: 27Dan Malloy (D): 37
Tom Foley (R): 33
Undecided: 24
(MoE: ±2.5%)Ned Lamont (D): 27 (23)
Dan Malloy (D): 11 (9)
Jim Amman (D): 5 (3)
Mary Glassman (D): 4 (NA)
Gary LeBeau (D): 2 (2)
Rudy Marconi (D): 1 (NA)
Juan Figueroa (D): 1 (NA)
Susan Bysiewicz (D): NA (26)
Undecided: 44 (33)
(MoE: ±4.4%)Tom Foley (R): 17
Michael Fedele (R): 8
Mark Boughton (R): 6
Larry DeNardis (R): 4
Oz Griebel (R): 2
Undecided: 59
(MoE: ±4.5%)
A whole lot of things have gotten shaken up since Quinnipiac last polled their home state’s governor’s race: incumbent GOPer Jodi Rell decided to retire, a herd of iffy Republicans surfaced to take her place, and just recently, presumed Democratic frontrunner SoS Susan Bysiewicz pulled her bid (most likely because Joe Lieberman presents a tastier target in 2012). The only trendlines salvageable from last time around are the Democratic primary, where there’s a bit of an uptick for both Ned Lamont (who’s basically left as the frontrunner now) and ex-Stamford mayor Dan Malloy, but many of the former Bysiewicz votes seem to be “undecided” for now. (Quinnipiac also looks at the AG race’s primary, where Bysiewicz is whomping state Sen. George Jepsen, 62-10.) Of course, the Democratic primary voters look incredibly decisive compared with Republicans, where every candidate is struggling to get out of the single digits.
The general election matchups aren’t quite as nice-looking as recent polls by PPP and R2K, where Lamont was putting up double-digit edges against all Republicans. (Quinnipiac points out the irony of how a Lamont/Foley matchup would pit two never-before-elected zillionaires from Greenwich against each other, and there seems to be some voter ambivalence about that matchup.) Still, Democrats have to be pleased that even with Bysiewicz’s unexpected exit from the race that they still have the upper hand.
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whether he has the right profile for this race this year. In any case, I very much hope that he’s learned his “NO VACATION” lesson.
Would be doing much better not only in a primary but in the general. He just seems so unknown, though. I wonder if Simmons could switch to this race or even someone like Shays could enter it (if hes not enjoying private life too much).
is Lamont in a dead heat with Tom Foley while he’s running better against Mike Fedele? Well one thing’s assured, Lieberman is endorsing the Republican in this race.
Contrary to what this blog entry states, Ned Lamont was elected to something. He served 8 years (2 terms) on the Greenwich Board of Selectmen.
I won’t, but I still have the following urge.
I would shout out “Oh no! We can’t win an open Senate seat in CT, and we can’t retain the governor’s mansion! Oh no! This is just not right!”
2010 might be a long year for us, but we will win some governor’s mansion currently occupied by the Republicans.
What about the rest of the country? Strange to have so many polls for one state.
Looks like Democrats will have a good year in Connecticut come the midterms. Blumenthal should win in a rout (as long as he actually campaigns…cof cof Coakley) and the Dems have a strong chance of taking the Gov. mansion. This should give Himes and Murphy some coattails in their house races which should be somewhat to defiantly competitive. Having Bysiewicz running for Attorney Gen also helps