Posted on 07/12/2014 10:40:40 AM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Incumbent Democrat Mary Landrieu now has a narrow edge over Republican Congressman Bill Cassidy in Louisiana’s U.S. Senate race. Landrieu picks up 46% of the vote to Cassidy’s 43%, according to a new Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Louisiana Voters. Five percent (5%) like some other candidate in the race, while six percent (6%) are undecided.
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If the events over that last 5 to 7 years isn't motivation enough (with or without a politician pointing them out) then nothing else is going to motivate you and you probably weren't going to vote either way.
Exactly... Too many, so called, conservatives would rather be nailed to a cross and consider themselves martyrs than actually get off their asses to vote. After all, making everyone else suffer along with you is the way to heaven.
Dear gawd, what the hell is wrong with these people?
And if I were Rasmussen, I would change that polling too to accomodate for the 2012 numbers. However, did I hear that Scott is no longer affiliated with his own polling firm he started?
I have my gripes too with the Beltway crowd, but I just don’t think that burning the village in order to save it is a good idea.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/22/scott-rasmussen_n_3798379.html
In July 2013, Scott Rasmussen left his position as president of Rasmussen Reports.
In a press release published by Rasmussen Reports, the company confirmed Rasmussen’s
departure and noted, “In part, the move reflects disagreements over company
business strategies.”
Worth noting, the polling data following the departure of Scott Rasmussen
has turned decidedly in favor of Democratic candidates and issues.
I wish I had said that!
Your pithy thought (never my strong suit) backs up the results of the famed:
Absence of the eligible leads to fraud among the ineligible.
Exactly.
That is why I noted that "an incumbent's polling under 50 percent is seldom to be interpreted as good news for that incumbent."
My point is that folks are finished with the lesser of two evils. Take a look at the numbers....voter apathy is one of biggest drivers on winning/losing. When folks are voting against someone or something the numbers are considerably less than when voting for someone or something.
Right now the GOP doesn’t have a “someone” worth voting for....nor do they have a “something” All they have is that they aren’t the Dems. I don’ t think thats enough to drive the electorate.
This time last election she was polling 52 to 53 percent compared to her challenger.
Both cassidy and Mannis head to head are matching her within the margin of error. We should be able to win this.
Maness. My phone hates names.
I think this is a tough race because Mary Landrieu is a very good, instinctual campaigner. Her campaign ads are doing a good job of hitting hard on local issues, as well as highlighting her relatively high ranking in the Senate, which she portrays as a benefit to the Louisiana energy industry. Her latest campaign ad features a father/daughter conversation and does a fantastic job of personalizing her. I can’t even recall an ad that Cassidy himself has put out—it’s all been national PACs that are making fairly generic attacks linking her to Obamacare and liberal overspending.
Additionally, Cassidy is still a very unknown commodity in the rest of the state. I think he has a very good shot at knocking off Landrieu, but it won’t happen without a runoff. If Cassidy can start making good arguments about local issues and hits Landrieu on how much she overstates her accomplishments, I think his work will be a lot easier.
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