OR: Rasmussen: Merkley 49, Smith 46

[Sam Spade]

New Poll: Oregon Senator by Rasmussen on 2008-10-30

Summary: D: 49%, R: 46%, U: 1%

Poll Source URL: Full Poll Details

Topline Numbers

Merkley 49%

Smith 46%

Other 4%

Undecided 1%

[Alcon]

This poll is pretty boring, so I'm just going to post Rasmussen's ridiculously pretty picture of Oregon

[Torie]

I thought Smith was on life support. What happened?

[Alcon]

I thought Smith was on life support. What happened?

As in, surviving or near death? 

Rasmussen has, consistently, shown the most Republican results here.  Their last result was a tie, around the same days SUSA said Merkley +5, R2K said +6, and the simultaneously godawful and Republican-leaning Riley Research said +1.

+3 is obviously a much closer result than recent polling, but it follows the clear pattern:  Unless there's some huge poll trickery going on here, Merkley will win.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

I thought Smith was on life support. What happened?

The last poll was from PPP, a Democratic pollster.  I think Smith will lose by about 5 here, which is a shame, because there's really no reason for voters to oust him here aside from the highly unfavorable climate.

[Lief 🗽]

I thought Smith was on life support. What happened?

The last poll was from PPP, a Democratic pollster.  I think Smith will lose by about 5 here, which is a shame, because there's really no reason for voters to oust him here aside from the highly unfavorable climate.

Also he doesn't represent their political views as well as his challenger.