Rasmussen released a new poll today showing that Coons is gaining some ground on Castle. This comes on the heels of the news that Coons had a good fundraising quarter, raising $700K to Castle’s $850K (Castle still has a huge COH advantage $3M to $1M).
Congressman Mike Castle’s support has fallen below 50% for the first time in his race with Democrat Chris Coons for the U.S. Senate in Delaware.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Delaware finds Castle with 47% support, down eight points from late April. Coons gets 36% of the vote, his best showing to date. Six percent (6%) favor some other candidate in the race, and 11% are undecided.
In April, Castle held a 55% to 32% lead over Coons.
This part is interesting, but it’s Republican Rasmussen so I always take this with a grain of salt. The survey says that Christine O’Donnell and Chris Coons are tied and puts O’Donnell’s support at 41% (with similar name recognition and favorability).
Delaware has been rated Solid Republican in the Rasmussen Reports Senate Balance of Power rankings but on the basis of this survey shifts to Leans Republican.
Castle is being challenged in the state’s September 14 GOP primary by conservative activist Christine O’Donnell. Coons runs virtually even with O’Donnell who picks up 41% of the vote to the Democrat’s 39%.
The undecideds in this poll were 11%.