Poll: Blumenthal Still Way Ahead Of McMahon

CT-SEN candidates Richard Blumenthal (D) and Linda McMahon (R)
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The new Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll of Connecticut finds that Democratic state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal continues to have a huge lead over Republican former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon — giving further corroboration that Blumenthal is not being immediately damaged by the the controversy surrounding his past misleading statements about serving in Vietnam.

The numbers: Blumenthal 52%, McMahon 33%. The survey of likely voters has a ±4% margin of error. This is similar to the new Quinnipiac poll, which had Blumenthal ahead by 56%-31%. The previous R2K poll of this race, from way back in January, had Blumenthal leading McMahon by 54%-35%. The TPM Poll Average has Blumenthal ahead by 52.2%-37.7%.

Interestingly, the poll was conducted before former Rep. Rob Simmons dropped out of the Republican primary — and it shows him just barely trailing McMahon by a 48%-44% margin, with a ±5% margin of error. While it might appear that Simmons could have potentially won his primary, on the other hand he might have been at a serious disadvantage as time went on, in a primary race where McMahon had a superior financial advantage and the official endorsement of the state party.

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