NBC/Marist Poll: Blackburn 5 Points Ahead Of Bredesen Among Likely Voters

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A new NBC News/ Marist poll released Tuesday has Tennessee Republican Senate candidate Marsha Blackburn leading her Democratic opponent Phil Bredesen by 5 points among likely voters, 51 to 46 percent. That’s a change from a poll conducted between Aug. 25 and 28, which found Bredesen ahead 48 to 46 percent among likely voters.

The poll released Tuesday, per NBC News, was conducted Oct. 23-27. It has a margin of error of 5.7 percentage points among 479 likely voters polled, and 4 percent among all adults. Respondents were reached on landline and cell phones.

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  1. the. caravan works right?. so a few jews got killed Rightwing nuts are willing to have that happen if they can hate. proud of the jewish community in Pittsburg today. standing straight and standing tall it did my soul good to watch them pray and sing for peace and love not hate. shame on the republicans

  2. “That’s a change from a poll conducted between Aug. 25 and 28, which found Bredesen ahead…”

    Yet another sign of that vaunted Pogrom Bump within the GOP base.

  3. The trend is no good but on the other hand:

    51 to 46 percent [with a] margin of error of 5.7 percentage points

  4. Avatar for bodie1 bodie1 says:

    Tennessee? What the hell is the matter with you?

  5. Yeah, a nearly 6 point margin of error doesn’t give me much confidence in the poll. Plus, “likely” voter means the person has a history of voting - not like people who are registering this year, or young people who have only voted once.

    Please god let there be more new registrations and the early voting numbers reflect some return to sense.

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