GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race
Seven-term Republican Rep. Roy Blunt has opened up a double-digit lead for GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race the first time in his race against Democrat Robin Carnahan for Missouri’s Senate seat, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Aug. 23. The seat is being left open by GOP Sen. Kit Bond, who decided GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race not to seek re-election.
Blunt leads Carnahan, GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race the Secretary of State, by 51 percent to 40 percent GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race with 5 percent preferring some GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race other candidate GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race and 4 percent undecided. The margin of error is 4 points.
Blunt’s biggest margin over Carnahan in nine previous Rasmussen polls had been 8 points. In two of those polls (early June GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race and mid-July), GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race the pair had been within two points of each other. 
When “leaners” are counted — those voters who did GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race not express an initial preference, but were pressed to GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race make a choice — Blunt’s lead is 54 percent to 41 percent.
Blunt has GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race the advantage of Carnahan GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race when it comes to whether voters view them positively or not. Fifty-seven percent see Blunt favorably GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race while 37 percent see him unfavorably, GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race with 6 percent GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race not sure. Fifty-three percent regard Carnahan unfavorably compared to 42 percent who see her favorably, GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race with 4 percent GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race not sure. Thirty-seven percent see her “very” unfavorably compared to 23 percent who feel GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race the same way about Blunt.
Blunt leads among unaffiliated voters by 48 percent to 32 percent GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race with GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race the rest undecided or preferring another choice.
Carnahan may be paying a price for GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race the current unpopular of President Obama in GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race the state. Fifty-eight percent disapprove of GOP’s Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race the job he is doing.
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