Jason has made an absolute guarantee that Mike Castle will not run for the Senate seat. But what happens if the PPP polling shows Castle close to or beating Biden?
Last week Raleigh, North Carolina-based Public Policy Polling announced they would poll several races in Delaware for 2010.
On the company’s blog this morning they announced they would be releasing the findings in pieces over the next week.
It seems the results from the Mike Castle versus Beau Biden question created confusion for the pollers, who were less confused when they saw the younger Biden only won his 2006 AG race by 5 points. This confusion could mean he didn’t poll so well.
I guess PPP expected a blowout simply because he last name was Biden, no matter if he was going up against the only Republican in the State that can win the race. I imagine that there would be considerable and almost unbearable pressure from the NRSC and the RNC to run. It is very rare to have a potential Republican pickup. So whatever Jason promised he would do if Castle did in fact run, he better prepare himself to do it.
In other news, it would appear that all statewide politicians have good job approval numbers.
In the first tease of the poll’s results, PPP reported that “Delaware loves its politicians,” and that people were eager to be polled.
UPDATE: And just as I post this, PPP updated their blog with the results:
Castle 44
Biden 36
Castle has a 54% approval rating, and a 33% disapproval rating. 45% of Democrats approve of him, which is a significant drop of support from previous polls of Democrats. 39% of Democrats disapprove.
Interestingly, 24% of Republicans disapprove of Castle, probably because of the misguided belief that he is a RINO. Hey wingnuts, he is one of you, a lemming, a follower. Embrace him.
Biden has a 49% approval rating and a 27% disapproval ratings.
The key to the race? Independents. They favor Castle right now, 53 to 20, with 22% of Democrats voting for Castle.