Poll: McConnell Leading Grimes By 4

Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell addresses the media during a press conference following McConnell's victory in the republican primary Friday, May 23, 2014, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) leads Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes 46 percent to 42 percent, according to a new poll.

Another 5 percent support libertarian candidate David Patterson and 8 percent are undecided, the SurveyUSA poll found.

The poll was conducted last week, before news broke late Friday that McConnell’s campaign manager was resigning.

The poll’s findings are the third Bluegrass Poll which have found an improvement for McConnell. A previous poll found Grimes leading by 4 percentage points.

The poll was conducted from Monday to Wednesday by SurveyUSA for Kentucky’s Courier-Journal, WHAS-11, The Lexington Herald-Leader and WKYT-TV. Six hundred forty-seven registered voters were surveyed and 569 of them said they are likely to vote in November. The poll had a margin of error of 3.9 percentage points.

The TPM Polltracker average previously gave McConnell a 3.4 point lead over Grimes.

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  1. Avatar for dd40 dd40 says:

    Don’t forget that McConnell promised that he will repeal Obamacare without affecting Kynect. That carries a lot of weight in a red state like Kentucky where people don’t know that Kynect would not and could not exist without Obamacare.

  2. Avatar for docb docb says:

    Red state pollster that was taken BEFORE the Vidoe drop of McTurdle promising the Kocked up Bros a GOVERNAMENT SHUTDOWN and his campaign mgr quitting due to CORRUPTION…

  3. Ah, the Specter of Nader is still haunting elections that come down to a margin of error. One might think that falling on your sword to defeat an opponent might be in order. But noooo, let’s have more fun pulling away several crucial percentage points to keep the incumbent in power.

  4. From your mouth to the ears of Eliot Cutler, here in Maine.

  5. The poll was conducted last week, before news broke late Friday that McConnell’s campaign manager was resigning.

    Come on Kentucky! You can do better!

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