WV: Rasmussen: Manchin leads by only 7, despite high favorables

[Tender Branson]

New Poll: West Virginia Senator (Special) by Rasmussen on 2010-09-19

Summary: D: 50%, R: 43%, I: 1%, U: 5%

Poll Source URL: Full Poll Details

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Manchin Job Approval Rating: 69-30

Manchin Favorable Rating: 71-27
Raese Favorable Rating: 53-41

[Eraserhead]

Raese dropped a couple of points from the last poll. Is anyone else ever gonna poll this race?

[Rowan]

Raese dropped a couple of points from the last poll. Is anyone else ever gonna poll this race?

PPP is soon.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Situation essential stable, then. Rasmussen's headline bias increasingly amusing.

[Lief 🗽]

Haha, Scott keeps polling this race every week or so hoping that Manchin's lead suddenly collapses.

[Tender Branson]

PPP will probably also show a single digit race:

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According to my calculations, if Manchin wins the 37% who prefer Democrats in Congress by 65-20, then Manchin would lead in this poll by 40-38 overall.

If he wins them 75-15, Manchin would lead 44-36 in the poll overall.

[Capitan Zapp Brannigan]

I have a bad feeling about this race..

Shelly Moore Capito must be kicking herself right now. Although Raese is a self-funder so that's probably helping him.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

If Manchin wins, which I think is still think is up in the air, it won't be by very much given Obama's unfavorables and the general environment.

[Capitan Zapp Brannigan]

If Manchin wins, which I think is still think is up in the air, it won't be by very much given Obama's unfavorables and the general environment.

Agreed. And he would still have to run again in 2012 after presumably taking at least a few tough votes in the Senate.