A new NBC/Marist poll released Sunday reveals a dead heat in the Arkansas Senate race, with Republican Tom Cotton holding a 2-point edge over Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor.
Cotton had the support of 45 percent of likely voters, while Pryor had 43 percent, within the survey’s margin of error of plus-or-minus 3.9 percentage points.
The same poll had Cotton leading by 5 points in September. It is good news for Pryor after a series of recent polls have found Cotton with a steady and larger lead.
The NBC/Marist poll found that Cotton is viewed more favorably among likely voters. Pryor holds a 49-38 lead among women, while Cotton leads by a larger margin of 51-36 percent among men. President Barack Obama is very unpopular in the state, with an approval rating of 34 percent.
The survey reached 621 likely voters from Oct. 18-22.
Something seems to be happening. Something good.
I’d love to beleive this race is closer than it has appeared in recent weeks, but it’s still a case of an incumbent Dem trailing in an increasingly Republican state. Too bad, as Cotton is a bigger weasel than even the average Republican candidate.
At this point it’s starting to look like Grimes has a better chance of knocking off McConnell than Pryor does of keeping his seat, and she is still the underdog in her race.
Good NEWS NOW GOTV…There is no place for the gop bag anti-woman, anti- immigration, cut social security and medicare Cotton! fraud!
This is the gender gap no one is talking about. It’s easy to see why the GOP does badly among women when so many of its policies negatively affect women specifically. But why do Democrats do so badly among men?
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This is a case of the TPM dilemma. What goes up must come down. An incumbent in a conservative state with no more than 45%
of the people supporting him in the poll. NBC the great american bastion of liberty with the Roberts clan calling the shots. A no brainer. Someone is lying. Bet it’s TPM.