Posted on 08/29/2012 9:14:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A new poll paid for by the Family Research Council, a pro-life group, indicates pro-life Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin now leads pro-abortion Sen. Clair McCaskill in the race despite the controversial comments he made about abortion and rape.
The pro-life group says the poll is evidence that Akin should not drop out of the race and that calls for him to do so were premature.
The new survey conducted by Wenzel Strategies of likely Missouri general election voters shows that Senate candidate Todd Akin has regained his lead over Senator Claire McCaskill by a 45% to 42% margin, with 13% undecided. It also shows Akin leading by 10 points among independent voters.
Fritz Wenzel analyzed the results of the survey and concluded that “Despite the firestorm of news in the Senate race over the past few weeks, most voters have already made up their mind in the race, the survey shows. The fact that 80% said they were firm in their choice certainly indicates that this is a race that will be decided more by ideology and turnout efforts by the campaigns and less by breaking news that flashes across the news pages and cable news channels.”
Family Research Council Action PAC Chairman Tony Perkins offered the following reaction:
“This polling shows that Missouri voters are returning to the substance of this race and the clear contrast of records between Todd Akin and Claire McCaskill. Throughout his career, Todd Akin has consistently fought for legislation that honors marriage, human life, religious freedom, and national security. He also has a long record of opposing the commodification of women–in stark contrast to his opponent and liberal detractors, who promote groups like Planned Parenthood while ignoring how abortion harms them.
“Senator McCaskill has supported taxpayer funding for abortion on demand despite opposition from a strong majority of voters. She came to the Senate claiming to govern from the center but has instead been a steadfast supporter of President Obama and his liberal policies.
“FRC Action PAC has enthusiastically endorsed Todd Akin for the U.S. Senate and will work to bring attention to the stark contrast between Todd Akin’s pro-family, fiscally responsible record and Senator McCaskill’s record of taxpayer funding for abortion and government-controlled health care,” concluded Perkins.
McCaskill is so bad, hopefully the voters will get past the flub and vote against her for her horrific voting record and abuse of the office.
If accurate, this is good news. ObamaClaire is one of the leftist bimbos I most want to see thrown out.
Do you know anything about Wenzel Strategies, SeekAndFind?
That is VERY GOOD news.
Long live the grass roots. Long live the pro-life movement.
Well, fighters have at least a 50/50 shot of winnning.
Cowards...0/100.
You don’t go into battle with the army you want, but with the army you have, and like it or not, Akin is the army we have. He has to win.
I’m guessing most Missourians don’t even know about the Akin kerfuffle.
But “lather, Rinse, Repreebus” says he won’t get any money from the GOP.
Doesn’t say whats percentage of each party was polled or did i miss it?
If this be so, I may be reconsidering my position on Akin.
DEM 32.7
GOP 34.1
INDY 33.2
Believe me, I’m not optimistic, Akin stepped in it, bigtime. But there’s nothing we can do about that now, he’s the guy.
Thank you. Don’t know how i missed it.
but, but, but...
That is good news. The numbers are back to where they were before the kerfluffle began. There are not now and never have been many undecideds in this race despite her Leftwaffe controlling the airwaves.
I went to the polling firm’s website and downloaded the pdf of the results.
The next call I get from the RNC I’m telling to take their rule changes and stuff it. I’ll send money to individual campaigns and their’s went to Akin.
IF he wins, Akin will owe them NOTHING!...............
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