"Akin must resign! He's an egotistical, megalomaniacal s***-bird! The Democrats are killing us with their `War on Women' campaign! What are we going to do? We're melting, melting .... " ....... Every Feckin GOP-e RINO On Free Republic
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.
“explain to me how McCaskill loses 34% of “very liberal” voters?”
I can’t and I’m not from Mo.
But polls often show Obama and other liberals getting 10%plus of the votes of Tea Party supporters. That’s another head scratcher!
"Akin must resign! He's an egotistical, megalomaniacal s***-bird! The Democrats are killing us with their `War on Women' campaign! What are we going to do? We're melting, melting .... " ....... Every Feckin GOP-e RINO On Free Republic
From your post earlier today, would that make you a DUmpster troll?
"The DUmpster trolls posting here in support of akin do not concern me nearly as much as the deluded souls that think akins has greater than zero chance now."
"The Bell Curve is real."
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RE: I found the latest Rassmussen Poll-dated August 23, 2012. Had Ma up 48% to Akin-38%.
Freepers already knew that. That’s why the title of this thread uses the verb : RE-TAKEN of this latest poll.
I posted that last week when this was festering and everyone was diminishing Akin.
Besides, Mississippi is just a land mass between New Orleans and Mobile.
Video of a TV interview last night. Seems to do very well.
http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=270685
Not too old. Aug.23. And a poll conducted by Mason-Dixon (for StL Dispatch) on Aug. 25 showed similiar results. 50%-McCaskill. 41%-Akin.
Your questions are valid ones and I have no answer for them except that McCasket's negatives are that high, Missourians associate Obamacare with McCasket, and Missourians voted 75% to 25% to overturn Obamacare in Missouri and that included a lot of Democrats in that 75%.
If he does win, it sure goes a long way toward rendering the Dem claim of a Republican "War on Women" meaningless and irrelevant.
Never confuse gratitude with support.
If he wins in November, we will have at least one senator with an R after his name who has absolutely no love for the GOP-E!
Looks like it pretty closely tracks the 2010 election split. If so, could be OK.
If Todd Akin climbs in the polls, will you support him?
“Could someone from MO please explain to me how McCaskill loses 34% of “very liberal” voters? How is that possible?”
I don’t think it is possible, that is her strongest base. That number needs to be explained.
“If Todd Akin climbs in the polls, will you support him?’
If Akin is on the ballot in Nov, he has my vote. My concern is it the best route to take to get rid of McCaskill.
A lot of people take poll results as gospel if they like the numbers, and dismiss them as trash if they don’t.
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