We go from a dearth of polls to poll-a-palooza around here. So far there’s no evidence that Christine O’Donnell is catching on with the electorate. A new poll from CNN/Time/Opinion Research puts Chris Coons ahead of Christine O’Donnell by 16 % – 55% to 39%.
According to a CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corporation poll released Wednesday, 55 percent of likely voters in Delaware say that they are backing Democratic Senate nominee Chris Coons, with 39 percent saying they support GOP nominee Christine O’Donnell. Among the wider pool of registered voters, Coons’ leads O’Donnell by 25 points.
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According to the survey, a small but significant chunk of Republican voters may be helping to put Coons over the top. “CNN has conducted polls in nine other Senate races this fall, and the Democratic candidate has never gotten double-digit support among Republicans in any of them. But 15 percent of Delaware Republicans are choosing Coons. That may not sound like much, but in today’s polarized political environment, it’s a big advantage that any Democrat would like to have,” Holland said.
The poll also indicates that Coons, the executive of New Castle County, holds a nearly two to one advantage among female voters, and takes 49 percent of the male vote to O’Donnell’s 46 percent. Coons also has a 15 point advantage over O’Donnell among voters 50 and older, who tend to make up a larger percentage of the electorate in midterm elections than they do during presidential election years.
Women really don’t like O’Donnell too. So far there’s no evidence there’s a backlash on Chris Coons because of the media coverage. It sounds like the media coverage is hurting her and the continual slow drip that Bill Maher is offering probably will keep this trend going.