Quinnipiac (5/24-25, registered voters, 3/9-15 in parens):
Richard Blumenthal (D): 56 (61)
Linda McMahon (R): 31 (28)
Undecided: 10 (10)Richard Blumenthal (D): 55 (62)
Rob Simmons (R): 28 (26)
Undecided: 13 (10)Richard Blumenthal (D): 59 (64)
Peter Schiff (R): 25 (21)
Undecided: 13 (13)
(MoE: ±2.9%)
If Quinnipiac is to believed, it looks like Richard Blumenthal has weathered the storm of his Vietnam flap with remarkable ease, only losing a handful of points off of his ample margins from March. Indeed, Quinnipiac asked a number of specific questions on the issue, finding that, by a margin of 53-35, voters were satisfied with Blumenthal’s explanation of the matter, and that, by a 54-38 margin, voters believe he misspoke rather than lied. A full 61% say that the issue isn’t impacting their preferences in the race one way or the other, while 33% say that it’s made them less likely to vote for Blumenthal. While this flare-up has not been pleasant at all, it certainly starting to look like the weight of the issue has been overstated.
Meanwhile, Quinnipiac also polled the GOP primary. Keep in mind that half of this sample was polled before Simmons pulled the plug on his own campaign:
Rob Simmons (R): 23 (34)
Linda McMahon (R): 49 (44)
Peter Schiff (R): 11 (9)
Undecided: 15 (12)
(MoE: ±6.5%)
And we also have some gubernatorial primaries:
Ned Lamont (D): 41 (28)
Dan Malloy (D): 24 (18)
Undecided: 30 (44)
(MoE: ±5%)Tom Foley (R): 37 (37)
Mike Fedele (R): 11 (13)
Oz Griebel (R): 5 (7)
(MoE: ±6.5%)