Posted on 09/15/2014 6:18:59 AM PDT by cotton1706
Two polls released Monday show Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan opening up a lead over Republican challenger Thom Tillis.
Raleigh polling firm American Insights, which has Republican ties, had Hagan with a 9 percentage point lead among likely voters, while Elon University Poll gives Hagan a 4-point lead.
The polls are the latest in a string showing Hagan gaining ground in the campaign.
Of likely voters surveyed by American Insights, 43 percent said they would back Hagan, 34 percent said they backed Tillis, the current state House speaker, and 5 percent backed Libertarian Sean Haugh.
"The race has unmistakably shifted towards Sen. Hagan in recent days," said Pearce Godwin, insights director for American Insights, which has Republican ties. "This poll is a continuation and affirmation of the recent trend in her direction. But there is still a lot of time left on the clock, and I would not be surprised if this volatile race shifts back to a jump ball between now and November."
Although the near double-digit lead for Hagan is eye-catching, it's worth noting that the result is still just within the margin or error with regard to likely voters. While the American Insights results confirm a trend seen in other polls, it is still something of an outlier, giving Hagan more of a lead over Tillis than those other polls have shown.
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Tillis, Rick Scott and Chris Christie are leaders in pandering to illegal aliens.
Lt. Gov. Forest or even Congressman McHenry would have been better candidates if they want to run an establishment candidate against Hagan.
Because there are more lefties in america than righties? Just a thought.
Durham vs Charlotte.
Charlotte wins
Yes that too. But sometimes the “moderates” simply do not attack. They let the Rats set the tone for campaigns.
Reagan won in both 1980 and 1984 because he set the tone for the campaigns and used it to his advantage.
If you are making the point that our “leaders” on the right are, on the whole, a spineless group you will get no argument from me. The good ones are few and far between and like Obama I wouldn’t follow them into a bunker on a golf course no less a bunker in a firefight.
You are correct and that is the point. There may be more righties than lefties. But lefties play to win and read Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals. Righties (or at least “moderate Republicans” play nice amd read Miss Mannners
The NC General Assembly is not a popular institution right now. As Speaker of the NC House, Tillis is a convenient target for all those who oppose the budget cuts that have been made—especially the perceived cuts to education (which in many cases are not cuts at all, but reform measures). I know several teachers who voted for McCain and Romney who are supporting Hagan and have convinced a lot of parents that Tillis is evil personified.
Greg Abbott seems to be running a poor campaign too, but he has dismissed Abortion Wendy as a serious foe.
Considering the current statewide political atmosphere in VA, the state is more like WV was in the 1960s-1990s.
Ed Gillespie’s campaign in VA is a frickin joke. The ads you do see, which are few, are mealy mouthed, vanilla, pathetic ads like you said. If he ran ads attacking Obamacare and attacking the crappy economy, he would be faring better.
Gillespie is running an awful, vanilla me too campaign. Stupid.
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