The new survey of the Connecticut Senate from Public Policy Polling (D) race gives Democratic state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal a whopping 12-point lead over Republican former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon — a big change from other recent polls that have given Blumenthal a much closer edge.
The numbers: Blumenthal 53%, McMahon 41%. The survey of likely voters has a ±4% margin of error. This is the first PPP survey of this race since all the way back in January.
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In addition, this poll gives Blumenthal a favorable rating of 53%, to 39% unfavorable, while McMahon’s is exactly the opposite at 39%-53%.
From the pollster’s analysis: “Blumenthal is the rare Democrat whose party is more unified than the GOP is, and who is not getting beaten badly with independents. He ties at 45% with unaffiliated, and is pulling 84% of his party to McMahon’s 79% of Republicans because the Democrat is getting 15% crossover support to McMahon’s 11%. With 41% of voters claiming to be Democrats, 31% independents, and only 28% Republicans, those advantages fuel Blumenthal’s healthy lead.”
The TPM Poll Average gives Blumenthal a lead of 50.2%-44.2%.
