Poll: GOP’s Cassidy Leads Landrieu By 13 Points In Expected Runoff

U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy, a Republican, speaks to reporters after qualifying to run for the U.S. Senate, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. Cassidy is seeking to keep Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu from a fou... U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy, a Republican, speaks to reporters after qualifying to run for the U.S. Senate, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. Cassidy is seeking to keep Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu from a fourth term in office. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte) MORE LESS
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Republican Bill Cassidy has opened up a 13-point lead over Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) in a head-to-head matchup, according to a new Fox News poll of likely voters.

On the main ballot, Cassidy leads Landrieu by a narrower 4 points, but there are two other Republicans in the race. The contest will go to a runoff between the top two candidates if none of them break the 50 percent threshold.

In an expected Landrieu-Cassidy runoff, Cassidy leads by 51 percent to 38 percent, the Fox News poll found. Nine percent said they didn’t know and 2 percent said they wouldn’t vote.

The poll, conducted Sept. 14-16, has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

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  1. It’s OK, Mary…Eric Cantor’s bank will make you a lobbyist.

  2. As Truman said, people will vote for a real Republican over a Democrat pretending to be a Replican.

  3. Avatar for lio lio says:

    A Fox News poll? You mean the polling outfit that, in 2008, increased its sample size of Republicans in order to get John McCain within 3 points of Obama because Karl Rove said that’s where he needed to be in order to have a chance to win?
    Sorry, but I consider them less reliable than Sahir Kapur’s speculations about the Republicans shutting down the government.

  4. according to a new Fox News poll of likely voters.

    Oh. Ok.

  5. My thoughts exactly…a new FOX NEWS POLL of LIKELY VOTERS…

    which basically means inaccurate as all get out.

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