RSSElection 2010 Pennsylvania Senate: Republican Pat Toomay Leads Dem Arlan Specter, Poll ‘near fatal’ for Specter
Specter in real trouble in PA … Could the Senate seat go back to being Republican again? Could this election be another commentary on Barack Obama and the far swing to the LEFT?
Republican challenger Pat Toomay still leads incumbent Republican turned Democratic Senator Arlen Specter by 45%–40%. The more the discussion goes on regarding Obamacare and is pushed down the throats of Americans, the worse Specter’s numbers will get.
Forty-six percent (46%) of Pennsylvania voters have a favorable opinion of Specter while 52% offer an unfavorable assessment of the longtime GOP senator who became a Democrat in April rather than face Toomey in a party primary. Those numbers are a few points better than they were in August.
Just 17% have a Very Favorable opinion of Specter while 37% hold a Very Unfavorable view. The comparable numbers for Toomey are 14% Very Favorable and nine percent (9%) Very Unfavorable. Sestak earns Very Favorable reviews from 10% and Very Unfavorable assessments from 11%.
A Susquehanna Poll in February found 38% of Pennsylvania’s believed Specter deserved to be re-elected. It has got worse. Only 31% now believe that Democratic Senator Arlen Specter should be re-elected, while 59% believe that it’s time for new blood.
More poll numbers at Real Clear Politics show that Specter sounds beats Sestak in the Democratic primary.
Posted October 15, 2009 by Scared Monkeys 2010 Elections, Government, Politics, Polls, Senate Elections | 4 comments |
Senate & House, Vote for Obamacare at Your Own Risk … 54% Favor Middle Class Tax Cuts Over Spending on Health Care
If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, then it is socialized government controlled health 
care on its way to single payer health care system and a tax hike to pay for it.
The Democrats and Senator Baucus can spin the healthcare legislation anyway they want it, the American People do not want any part of it. “We the People” do not want new spending on a total overhaul of the healthcare system that will do more damage than good. “We the People” will not tolerate health care disguised as “a tax hike dressed in a lab coat”.
A new Rasmussen poll shows that 54% of American voters favor a middle class tax cuts over new spending on health care. What is interesting is this poll is identical to how the American people felt back in August, prior to Congress going on break. Nothing has changed. We the People reject the socialized healthcare spin.
But a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that most voters continue to favor middle class tax cuts over spending more money for health care reform.
Thirty-three percent (33%) of voters say new spending for health care reform is more important. But 54% rate middle class tax cuts as the priority over more health care spending. Thirteen percent (13%) aren’t sure.
Posted October 10, 2009 by Scared Monkeys 2010 Elections, Barack Obama, Government, Healthcare, Obamacare, Politics, Polls, Senate, Senate Elections | one comment |
Senate Election 2010: Louisiana Senate Republicans Vitter and Dardenne Hold Double Digit Leads Over Democrat Rivals
Early polling in Louisiana shows that Republican Senator David Vitter holds a 10% advantage over Democrat Charlie Melancon for the 2010 Senate election. However, another Republican, Secretary of State Jay Dardenne, holds an even bigger lead over Melancon, 46% to 33%.
Senator David Vitter holds a 10-percentage-point lead over Democrat Charlie Melancon in an early look at Louisiana’s 2010 General Election. The first Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 survey in the state finds the first-term Republican incumbent with 46% of the vote while Melancon attracts 36%.
But another Republican, Secretary of State Jay Dardenne, holds an even bigger lead over Melancon, 46% to 33%.
Posted October 8, 2009 by Scared Monkeys 2010 Elections, Barack Obama, Politics, Polls, Senate, Senate Elections | 2 comments |
2010 Delaware Senate Election: Republican Mike Castle 47%, Democrat Beau Biden 42%
The race is in for VP Joe Biden’s Senate seat in Delaware.
Once again there are more concerns for the Democratic Party for the 2010 midterm election. A recent Rasmussen poll shoes that Republican challenger Mike Castle beats Attorney General Beau Biden by five points – 47% to 42%. Mike Castle has yet to decide whether he will run against Beau Biden, the son of VP Joe Biden.
The first Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 survey in the state finds that longtime Republican Congressman Mike Castle beats state Attorney General Beau Biden by five points – 47% to 42% - in a hypothetical match-up for the seat Biden’s father held for 36 years. Five percent (5%) like some other candidate, and six percent (6%) are undecided.
Posted October 3, 2009 by Scared Monkeys 2010 Elections, Politics, Polls, Senate Elections | no comments |
Arkansas Senate Race: Another Democrat Blanche Lambert Lincoln in Trouble … Trails Republican Challengers Hendren, Baker, Coleman and Cox
Don’t look now, but another Democratic incumbent Senator is in trouble for the 2010 midterm elections. This time it is Arkansas Senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln. She trails all of her Republican challengers in a recent Rasmussen poll.
Another Democratic senator may be at-risk in 2010. Arkansas’ Blanche Lambert Lincoln trails all four of her leading Republican challengers in the first Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 survey in the state.
Lincoln fails to get 50% of the vote in any of the match-ups, and any incumbent who falls short of that level is considered vulnerable. In three of the match-ups, however, she is virtually tied with the challengers at this time.
As stated at Real Clear Politics, want to know why Blanche Lincoln voted against the so-called “public option” yesterday of Obamacare? You need to look no further than the trouble she is in fore reelection. This will be the case with numerous Democrats where they can deny it all they want, American’s do not want any part of Obamacare or a socialized government run healthcare system.
Posted September 30, 2009 by Scared Monkeys Barack Obama, Government, Healthcare, Obamacare, Politics, Polls, Senate Elections | one comment |
Only 16% Like The Job Congress Is Doing … That’s Actually Up 2%
How does America feel about the job Congress is doing? Not good at all. Only 16% of Americans, according to a recent Rasmussen poll, think that Congress is doing a good job while 53% think they are doing a poor one. Believe it or not, 16% is actually up two from last month/
Just 16% of U.S. voters give Congress good or excellent ratings now that it’s back in action after a rough-and-tumble August recess, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
That’s up two points from last month but down seven points from the highest rating of 2009, reached in late May.
Who exactly are the 4% who think that Congress is doing an excellent job, their grandparents?
Posted September 25, 2009 by Scared Monkeys Government, Holidays, House of Representatives, Politics, Polls, Senate Elections | 2 comments |
That Didn’t Take Long … Minnesota Senator Al Franken has 41% Approval Rating
Wow, that didn’t take long for Minnesota to figure out they made a colossal mistake in electing SNL funny man, Al Franken. Only 41% of Minnesota voters think Franken is doing a good or excellent job. Looks like the jokes on you Minnesota. After three months in office, nearly one-third of voters say Franken is performing poorly. This is going to be a long six years
Democrat Al Franken has been a U.S. senator for less than three months, but 41% of Minnesota voters think he is doing a good or excellent job.
The latest Rasmussen Reports finds that 31% of voters in the state say Franken, who narrowly defeated Republican incumbent Norm Coleman in a lengthy statewide recount, is performing his new job poorly.
Maybe the next time there is an election, all individuals will take as much thought into the voting booth as they do for voting for American Idol.
NH 2010 Senate Race: Republican Kelly Ayotte leads Democrat Paul Hodes 46% - 38%
The 2010 New Hampshire US Senate race for retiring Judd Gregg has Republican Kelly Ayotte leading Democrat Paul Hodes by eight points, 46% – 38%. It’s early in the race; however, once again a Republican has a lead in a political race in a state won by Barack Obama. Retaining this “Granite” state seat is key to Republican momentum.
Republican Kelly Ayotte leads Democrat Paul Hodes by eight points in an early look at New Hampshire’s 2010 race for the U.S. Senate.
The first Rasmussen Reports survey of the race to fill the seat being vacated by retiring GOP Senator Judd Gregg shows Ayotte ahead 46% to 38%.
Once again it appears that Obamacare and Barack Obama are a negative instead of a positive. No coattails again in a state Obama won in 2008, 54%–45%. My what a difference 8 months makes.
Voters in New Hampshire are closely divided over the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats: 47% favor it, while 50% are opposed. But the antis feel more strongly, with 42% strongly opposed versus 30% who are strongly in favor of the legislation.
Harry Reid in Real Trouble in 2010 Nevada Senate Race … Trails Both Republican Challengers Lowden & Tarkanian
Obamacare pulling Reid down.
The Nevada Senate election in 2010 is yet another example of an incumbent Democrat in serious trouble in a reelection bid. This time it is Senate Majority leader Harry Reid who according to a recent Rasmussen poll trails Republican challenger Sue Lowden 50% to 40% and trails Republican Danny Tarkanian 50% to 43%. What is remarkable is just how far under the 50% incumbent threshold that Reid is. The polling numbers seem to mirror other recent Nevada Senate polling.
I don’t care if Nevada voters are against Obamacare 52% -45%, I know better that you
The first Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of the 2010 race shows Sue Lowden beating Reid by 10 percentage points, 50% to 40%. Lowden is chairwoman of the Nevada Republican Party and the preferred candidate of the Republican party establishment.
Democrat Incumbent US Senator Chris Dodd Still in Trouble in Reelection Bid in Connecticut against Republican Challengers
Another long time Incumbent CT US Senator Chris Dodd fins himself in a real reelection battle in the the Nutmeg State. A recent Rasmussen poll has in under 50% against all Republican challengers; however, against former Congressman Rob Simmons, Dodd fins himself behind 49% to 39%
Chris Dodd is not laughing now as he sees his poll numbers
Longtime Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd, tarnished by last year’s financial blow-up, continues to struggle as he prepares for a reelection bid in 2010.
The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone poll finds that Republican challenger Rob Simmons leads Dodd 49% to 39% in an early look at next year’s potential match-up. Five percent (5%) say they’d prefer some other candidate, and six percent (6%) are not sure.
There is no doubt that Dodd is in some real trouble, Diver Down says The Next Right. Once again another Dem incumbent finds them self in some serious reelection trouble with no Obama coattails to be found.
The Daily Kos can shamefully refer to the Rasmussen poll all they want as GOP-leaning, the fact of the matter Scott Rasmussen is the best in the business as gets it right. When all other polls are skew sampling, the Rasmussen report has nailed many of the elections when all other bias polls did not even come close.
