The News Journal is doing the announcement now. The toplines were Coons 57%, O’Donnell 36%. I’ll post the analysis when it’s available.
Deep thought: Does this mean prayer doesn’t work?
Deeper thought: Will Christine O’Donnell actually do worse than she did in 2008?
**UPDATE**
Here’s the NJ’s description of the poll results:
The survey, the second conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson (N.J.) University’s PublicMind research group in the last month, found that Coons has increased his advantage by 4 points over his GOP foe. O’Donnell stunned pundits and the party establishment Sept. 14 by defeating nine-term U.S. Rep. Mike Castle in the primary.
The latest poll by O’Donnell’s alma mater, conducted over a six-day period ending Tuesday, surveyed 797 likely voters statewide to find that 57 percent favor Coons, compared with 36 percent for O’Donnell. Five percent were undecided and 1 percent refused to state a preference. The poll has a margin of error of 3.5 percent.
Also, her unfavorables are very high:
In the four weeks since Fairleigh Dickinson’s first poll, her unfavorable ratings have risen from 48 percent to 54 percent in the PublicMind polls. Her “very unfavorable’’ ratings are now at 44 percent — a 7 percent increase.
As we suspected, the public is not getting fonder of Christine O’Donnell with more exposure. At least one good thing came out – FDU is not seeing an “intensity gap” in Delaware. I think we might need to start talking about coattails – can the Senate race bring out Democrats that may put Democrats over the top in some close state races?