PPP will not release their general election numbers until Wednesday (they are waiting on the primary results). But they have already teased some of the results.
In Delaware Chris Coons polls 26 points better against Christine O’Donnell than Mike Castle. Castle’s net favorability is 25 points higher than O’Donnell’s. That electability gap is even wider than what we saw a month ago when Castle did 20 points better against Coons than O’Donnell.
Now, from this teaser, I gather that their results shows Coons destroying O’Donnell in the general. While we do not yet have actual numbers from their pre-primary poll, if we use their August 10 polling results, where Castle lead Coons 48 to 35 while Coons led O’Donnell 44 to 37; it could mean that Coons is polling 61% of the vote in a general election matchup against Christine. That approaches Biden levels of support and success against O’Donnell in 2008.
Which just proves the point that Christine O’Donnell is unelectable in a general election in Delaware. And yet, the Delaware Republican Party appears ready and willing to sign its own death warrant in electing Christine O’Donnell as their nominee tomorrow.
I have never seen a self immolation before, but I imagine the 2010 Delaware Republican primary comes awfully close.