New polling data from Farleigh Dickinson University (from which Christine O'Donnell is a, errr, recent graduate) does not bode well for the Republican Senatorial candidate in Delaware:
Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell is actually better known to Delaware’s likely voters than Democrat Chris Coons: 93% say they have heard of Coons, while 97% say they have heard of O’Donnell. Nonetheless, according to the most recent poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind, Coons leads O’Donnell 53%-36% in the special election....and the University of Delaware has an even wider margin:
O’Donnell is in a statistical dead heat with Coons in Kent and Sussex counties, leading him 46% to 45%. But in the more populous New Castle County, Coons leads by a margin of 58% to 31%.
Democrats have largely united behind Coons: 85% say that they will vote for their party’s nominee. However, only 68% of Republicans say that they will vote for O’Donnell. Independents lean to Coons by 46% to 37%.
Four weeks before Election Day 2010, Delaware Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Chris Coons holds a commanding 19-point lead over his Republican opponent, Christine O’Donnell. A new poll of 901 Delaware residents conducted by the University of Delaware’s non- partisan Center for Political Communication finds 49% supporting Coons and 30% supporting O’Donnell.So, is Politico's Jonathan Martin correct when he tweets, "O'Donnell is down 53-36, per FDU poll. #therationaleforcoveragegrowsmoredifficult"?
Perhaps. But four weeks is still a lifetime in politics.
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