The new CNN/Time poll of the Delaware Senate race gives yet another landslide lead to Democratic nominee Chris Coons, against Republican activist Christine O’Donnell.
The numbers: Coons 57%, O’Donnell 38%. The survey of likely voters has a ±3.5% margin of error. In the previous CNN/Time poll from three weeks ago, Coons led by 55%-39%.
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The pollster’s analysis confirms the general impression that O’Donnell has successfully mobilized the Tea Party right — and alienated everyone else. “Coons is winning among independents despite the fact that a quarter of them are Tea Party supporters,” says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. “Take the independents who back the Tea Party out of the equation and Coons wins 71 percent among non-partisan independents, as well as 68 percent among moderates.”
The TPM Poll Average gives Coons a lead of 56.4%-37.3%.
