Jim Talent (R) 50%
Claire McCaskill (D) 44%
Undecided 5%
Other 1%

About this PollResults for likely voters in Missouri are based on the subsample of 574 survey respondents deemed most likely to vote in the November 2006 midterm election, according to a series of questions measuring current voting intentions and past voting behavior. For results based on the total sample of likely voters, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±5 percentage points. Based on past voting history in Missouri, turnout is assumed to be 40% of the voting age population.