American Thinker:
Incumbent Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill came out in opposition to confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court 10 days ago. This move may have been ill advised as polls show she now trails her GOP opponent, Josh Hawley.
Previous polls in the last month have been tied. Hawley’s slight surge after the senator announced her opposition to Kavanaugh may be an omen of things to come.
A new poll released by The Missouri Scout on Saturday shows that Republican challenger Josh Hawley has taken a two point lead over Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) in the Missouri Senate race just days after she announced she will be voting against the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
Hawley leads McCaskill by a margin of 48 percent to 46 percent in the poll conducted by Missouri Scout over two days, from Wednesday, September 26 to Thursday, September 27.
McCaskill announced her opposition to Kavanaugh on September 19. The second day of the poll was conducted on the same day Judge Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of attempting to sexually assault her 36 years ago at a time and place she cannot recall and with no corroborating witnesses or evidence, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Significantly, the poll found that 49 percent of likely voters said the Supreme Court confirmation process for Brett Kavanaugh has made them less likely to vote for McCaskill, while only 42 percent said it made them more likely to vote for her.
The overall seven point deficit for McCaskill on this important question helps explain why Hawley has jumped into a two point lead. Even though the results are barely within the 2.5 percent margin of error, they are different than three national polls conducted earlier in September, all of which showed the race tied.
At least in Missouri, Democratic tactics against Kavanaugh may be backfiring.
Why does she look like she has no teeth? Just askin’ for a friend . . .
Three weeks ago I drove from stem to stern through Missouri,both directions. I saw few political signs, but the ones I did see were for Hawley.
It’s anecdotal, but I paid attention.
Admittedly I never got near the deep blue cancerous throbbing tumor known as St Louis.
Missouri is probably just like many states in that regard.
But I thought everyone believed Ford was so credible. Something isn’t adding up.
if he’s up 2 in a poll does that mean he’s really up by 8?
Josh is an opportunist no doubt, but on his worst day he is a thousand times better than Air Claire, she will take the metros of course but the sane folks who live here will prevail. Chock this one up as a win.