Posted on 05/13/2014 11:29:49 AM PDT by smoothsailing
May 12, 2014 by Marist Poll
Among registered voters in Kentucky including undecided voters who are leaning toward a candidate, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell receives 46% to 45% for Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes. One percent supports someone else, and 8% are undecided.
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Key points:
*Party ID. More than eight in ten Republicans — 83% — support McConnell while 75% of Democrats back Grimes. A notable 19% of Democrats are for McConnell compared with only 9% of Republicans who support Grimes. McConnell edges Grimes, 46% to 41%, among independent voters.
Gender. There is a gender gap. 51% of men support McConnell while 40% are for Grimes. Among women voters, 49% are for Grimes compared with 42% for McConnell.
Against Republican businessman Matt Bevin, Grimes has the support of 46% of registered voters in the state including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate compared with 37% for Bevin. One percent is for another candidate, and 15% are undecided.
Low Favorability and Approval Ratings for McConnell…Grimes Unknown to Many
45% of Kentucky adults have an unfavorable opinion of Mitch McConnell. 39% have a favorable impression of him while 13% are unsure how to rate him. Among registered voters, 46% have a negative opinion of McConnell. 42% have a positive one, and 11% are unsure how to rate him.
When it comes to McConnell’s job performance, 45% of Kentucky residents disapprove of how he is currently doing in the United States Senate. 39% approve, and 16% are unsure. Among registered voters in the state, 46% give McConnell low marks. 41% are pleased with his performance, and 13% are unsure.
Looking at Grimes, 36% of Kentucky residents have a positive impression of her and 23% have a negative one. 14% have never heard of Grimes, and 27% are unsure how to rate her. Among registered voters, 39% have a favorable opinion of Grimes while 24% have an unfavorable one. One in ten — 10% — has never heard of her, and 27% are unsure how to rate Grimes.
McConnell Outdistances Bevin in GOP Primary for U.S. Senate in Kentucky
In the race for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Kentucky, Senator Mitch McConnell leads his closest competitor, Matt Bevin, 57% to 25%, among likely Republican primary voters including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate and those who voted early or by absentee ballot.
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Boy, would McConnell’s defeat be a kick in the head or what?
Kentucky and Georgia possibly go Blue in the Senate races while the Rats hold serve in Arkansas, Louisiana and North Carolina. The south and near south (Ky) are turning a shade of purple.
He leads Bevin 57%-25%.
Two years ago, Romney beat Obama in Kentucky by 61%-38%.
It’ll be a hoot, as long as it’s Matt Bevin who beats him.
Yep, way off from 2010.
It explains why the MSM is trying to make it close.
So CA $$$ keeps flowing to Kentucky
Either way, Kentucky elects a senator who doesn’t give a sh!t.
McConnell can not be a pile of steaming turtle crap - turtles are cold blooded reptiles, therefore their crap is not steaming. But McConnell is a piece of crap, none-the-less.
Bevin has no chance. He lost the minute John Cornball defeated Steve Stockman in TX. People in KY Republican primaries are status-quo all the way.
In other words they are none too bright.
I sympathize with KY’s few conservatives who have to contemplate McC or Grimes.
“Incumbency” is the key to anything in KY. People are too uninformed to take a chance on challengers. Rand Paul may yet give challengers a bad name there.
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