Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. (9/27-10/3, likely voters, no trendlines):
Chris Coons (D): 53
Christine O’Donnell (R): 36
Undecided: 8
(MoE: ±3.5%)
In case there’s any doubt what a bullet we dodged here, FDU runs the hypothetical on a Chris Coons/Mike Castle election, and finds Castle would’ve won 50-36. They also find that Christine O’Donnell is better known than Coons (97% know her), but she has horrifying 30/48 favorables. (Uh, maybe that “I am not a crook witch” ad didn’t have its intended effect? I can’t imagine that the decision to put her in a black dress in front of a purple velvet curtain and arching a mysterious eyebrow toward the camera had anything to do with that. I mean, c’mon, she might as well have had some gargoyle candle holders behind her.)
Univ. of Delaware (9/16-30, likely voters, no trendlines):
Chris Coons (D): 49
Christine O’Donnell (R): 30
Undecided: 13John Carney (D): 48
Glen Urquhart (R): 31
Undecided: 16
(MoE: ±3.5%)
The University of Delaware is also out with poll numbers here; they have an unusually long time frame, almost going back to the conclusion of the primary. Still, they come up with a pretty similar spread (19 pts), if with slightly more undecideds. Perhaps not a surprise, Coons fares better among Republicans (77-20 for O’Donnell) than O’Donnell fares among Dems (92-7 for Coons). They also look at the open seat House race, which is looking like almost as much of a layup (I’d say slam dunk, but nothing’s a slam dunk this year): Dem John Carney leads by 17, again thanks to the GOP rabble’s decapitation of the alleged moderate in the primary. (We reported on FDU’s DE-AL numbers yesterday, with Carney leading 51-36.)