A pair of new polls shows state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R-MS) leading Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) in the runoff of the Republican primary for United States Senate.
A poll from the Republican-leaning National Strategic firm found McDaniel leading Cochran 52.49 percent to Cochran with 45.93 percent of likely Republican runoff voters. The poll also found that 40 percent of those surveyed said Cochran should step aside rather than continue to run in the runoff.
The poll was conducted on June 5 (two days after the primary) among 442 respondents. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.66 percentage points.
Meanwhile another poll by the Democratic-leaning Chism Strategies found McDaniel leading Cochran 50.6 percent to 47.6 percent among those surveyed. An earlier Chism poll also found McDaniel just barely leading Cochran.
The new Chism poll was conducted among 832 voters who participated in the 2008, 2010, and 2012 GOP primaries. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 3. 3 percentage points.
The runoff is on June 24.
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I still have hope the guy does not win. The winner of that race will be a Senator. How many of these nutcases can that institution bear before irreversible damage is done to the USA?
Its not going to matter much what saner people do in saner places. These guys are going to hurt us and the parts of the country that elect them are never going to change.
Living here, I can tell you that as near as I can tell Cochran isn’t even trying. Unless he has some brilliant plan he’s going to whip out in the last week before the runoff he’s done.
Not that he had a chance anyway, but now it’s essentially over.
I want him to win. I think it does give the Democratic candidate a small chance at actually winning especially if they can turn out the black vote. Even if he doesn’t win, I prefer Republicans who are loud, crazy, mean, assholes to those who vote in lockstep with the GOP but appear reasonable and sane.
Plus, this guy’s crazy could help get other Democrats elected. Guys like Akin and Mourdock don’t just destroy their own chances of winning, they also further damage the already damaged Republican brand. They force other candidates in other races to talk about positions/policies they don’t want to talk about. They force Republicans in other races across the country to denounce the kind of bizarre statements these TP types often make. For instance, if he’s the nominee and he makes some offensive comments about rape that become the subject of national scorn, some KY reporter is very likely to stick a microphone in McConnell’s face and ask him about those comments. That puts McConnell in a position where he’s got to denounce McDaniel and risk further angering the already butt hurt TP wing who supported Bevin. If he sticks by him then Grimes will jump all over him for supporting the rape candidate.