The new Rasmussen poll of the California Senate race gives Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer a lead over Republican former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.
The numbers: Boxer 49%, Fiorina 42%. The survey of likely voters has a ±4.5% margin of error. In the previous Rasmussen poll from a month ago, Boxer led by 48%-43%. The TPM Poll Average gives Boxer a lead of 46.1%-43.0%.
This poll contrasts with this week’s SurveyUSA poll, which gave Fiorina an edge of 47%-45%. Indeed, some of our readers might say that this new result could give further corroboration to the long-running narrative about Rasmussen having a Democratic bias…