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pstokely

(10,510 posts)
Mon May 14, 2018, 10:22 PM May 2018

Poll shows slight McCaskill lead over Hawley; Greitens tanking

Source: St Louis Post Dispatch

A new poll shows U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., holding a small but significant lead over her likely GOP election opponent, Josh Hawley.

Scandal-plagued Republican Gov. Eric Greitens, meanwhile, has retained the support of only about one-third of the Missouri voters, the poll shows.

The poll by Missouri Scout, a nonpartisan political news service, found McCaskill leading Hawley with 48 percent of the vote, to his 44 percent. That 4-point spread is just outside the poll's 3.27 percentage point margin for error.

That's an improvement for McCaskill over a poll last month that showed her with a statistically insignificant 1-point lead over Hawley.

Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/poll-shows-slight-mccaskill-lead-over-hawley-greitens-tanking/article_487c9021-abe2-57c5-9320-e47a32014f7e.html

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Poll shows slight McCaskill lead over Hawley; Greitens tanking (Original Post) pstokely May 2018 OP
Keeping one's fingers crossed. Thank you, pstokely. n/t Judi Lynn May 2018 #1
Good news! lkinwi May 2018 #2
still nearly 6 months away pstokely May 2018 #5
Great! Take the House AND the Senate! PearliePoo2 May 2018 #3
Hallelujah! SunSeeker May 2018 #4
Please, let this be a lesson to our Progressive friends louis c May 2018 #6

pstokely

(10,510 posts)
5. still nearly 6 months away
Tue May 15, 2018, 01:27 AM
May 2018

either could implode, also depends on how much Hawley can dodge Greitens

 

louis c

(8,652 posts)
6. Please, let this be a lesson to our Progressive friends
Tue May 15, 2018, 08:20 AM
May 2018

I consider myself a pragmatic liberal. I'm pro-choice, pro-gun restrictions, pro-labor, pro-civil rights in all of its forms. I'm nearly a socialist on economics. However, I am always pragmatic enough that I know there will be some Democrats who hold office that may disagree with me on specific issues, especially tailored toward a more moderate constituency. I don't think I have to change that Democratic office holder's position, I believe I have to change his or her constituents opinions. Since I can't do that in a half of an election cycle from another state, I will send a check to Senators Manchin, McCaskell and Donnelly.

Remember this, every Democrat is better than every Republican in a General Election and politics is first about math and second about philosophy.

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