Polls: Democrats Run Strong In Senate Races

[Mark E. Smith]

GOP-held seats in Montana, Ohio and Tennessee at risk, latest polls show

NBC News Election Unit

NEW YORK - Three new polls of likely voters, conducted by Mason-Dixon, show Democrats
with a real chance to make significant gains in the Senate. In all three states, Republicans
currently hold the seats. The Democrats need to gain six seats in order to take control of
the Senate.

In Montana, incumbent Republican Senator Conrad Burns is trailing his Democratic opponent
Jon Tester by a 47 Percent to 40 percent margin with 3 percent supporting a third party
candidate and 10 percent undecided...Only 36 percent view Burns favorably compared with
48 percent for Tester.

In Ohio, incumbent Republican Senator Mike DeWine and Sherrod Brown, his Democratic
challenger, are in a virtual tie. Brown is supported by 45 percent of likely voters and DeWine
is supported by 43 percent. Only 2 percent support a third party candidate and 10 percent
are undecided...DeWine is viewed about as favorably as Brown by Ohio voters, 41 percent view
DeWine favorably and 39 percent view Brown favorably. But DeWine's unfavorable rating, 33
percent, is substantially higher than Brown's 22 percent.

In Tennessee, in the open seat currently held by majority leader Bill Frist, Democrat Harold
Ford, Jr. and republican Bob Corker are in a virtual tie. Ford is supported by 43 percent of
likely voters and Corker is supported by 42 percent. Only 1 percent support a third party
and 14 percent are undecided...Ford is viewed favorably by more Tennessee voters, 44
percent, than is Corker, 38 percent, and less unfavorably, 30 percent to Corker's 35 percent.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15046793/

[Hissyspit]

1. k&r

[oldboy101]

2. Why is there no mention of Pennsylvania and Rhode Island?

We are taking both of those seats too. Also Missouri and Virginia are now rated as toss-ups. We might well take one or both of them as well, and achieve a Democratic majority in the Senate!

[HockeyMom]

3. And Connecticut

Lieberman doesn't count as a Democrat anymore. As a native of a neighboring state, I would hate to see a REAL Democrat not win in Connecticut.

[spooky3]

5. These reports never talk about Virginia

yet polls show Allen and Webb are even.

Last week, some political scientist on NPR talked about the 6 Senate seats the Dems would have to pick up. She thought Dems had a good chance in 5, might not succeed in the 6th--but didn't mention Virginia at all during the time I listened, and she had already named the 6 races she would talk about.

What will it take to get this race taken seriously by anyone outside of Virginia (or the DC metro area)???????

[AlecBGreen]

4. Missouri is definitely a toss-up

VA still leans GOP. I wish it were otherwise but thats the fact of the matter. If Webb finishes strong and Allen keeps sticking his foot in his mouth, we'll have one more Democrat in the Senate.

[spooky3]

6. polls are even and Webb has raised $3 mill since the primary at which

time he was nearly broke.

[Mark E. Smith]

7. The article is about new Mason-Dixon polls in 3 states

Just covers their findings in Ohio, Montana and Tennessee. All
of which are pretty good news.

[Bjorn Against]

8. And these were very likely all taken before Foley

I am willing to bet Foley costs them a few percentage points in virtually every race in the country. The house leadership knew, and that is going to reflect on the entire party I have a feeling. The same thing that happened to the Catholic church is about to happen with the GOP.