Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: New Maine poll underscores huge dilemma for Senate Democrats

If you wanted to look up the word "awkward" in the dictionary, it is quite possible at this point that a secondary or tertiary definition for the word could roughly describe what the Democratic Party's Senate campaign wing has to negotiate with regards to the state of Maine this season.

When you see Patty Murray get asked if the Democratic Party will be supporting the elected nominee of the Democratic Party, and you see her hemming and hawing, you get a real feel for how delicate the dance is for Senate Democrats right now down East, courtesy of one Angus King, the former two-term Independent governor of the state.

We get data today that bears out just how delicate that dance is going to be. Awkward doesn't begin to describe it, folks.

On to the numbers:

PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION TRIAL HEATS:

NATIONAL (Gallup Tracking): Obama tied with Romney (46-46)

NATIONAL (Rasmussen Tracking): Romney d. Obama (47-44)

MAINE (MassINC for WBUR): Obama d. Romney (48-34)

DOWNBALLOT POLLING:
HI-02'D (Merriman River for Civil Beat): Mufi Hannemann 34, Tulsi Gabbard 33, Esther Kiaaina 10, Bob Marx 10

ME-SEN (MassINC for WBUR): Angus King (I) 50, Charlie Summers (R) 23, Cynthia Dill (D) 9

MI-SEN (Rasmussen): Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D) 48, Pete Hoesktra (R) 39; Stabenow 48, Clark Durant (R) 37

WA-GOV (Elway Poll): Rob McKenna (R) 42, Jay Inslee (D) 40

A few thoughts, as always, await you just past the jump...


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