Senate 2010

Connecticut
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 6/1; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 6/3). Tested: AG Richard Blumenthal (D), ex-WWE CEO Linda McMahon (R) and businessman Peter Schiff (R).

General Election Matchups

-              Now 5/18 5/4 4/7 3/2 2/1 1/6
R. Blumenthal  56% 48%  52% 55% 60% 56% 58%
L. McMahon     33  45   39  35  31  36  34
Other           4   4    6   3   3   3   3
Undec           7   3    4   6   7   4   5

-              Now 5/18 5/4 4/7 3/2 1/6
R. Blumenthal  55% 53%  54% 58% 57% 60%
P. Schiff      32  37   29  32  27  24
Other           3   4    6   4   6   6
Undec           9   5   11   6  10  10

Fav/Unfav

-              Now     5/18    5/4     4/7     3/2
R. Blumenthal  64%/32% 66%/32% 72%/23% 69%/28% 72%/26%
P. Schiff      38 /26  43 /29  35 /33  41 /34  37 /34
L. McMahon     38 /47  54 /41  55 /31  45 /45  46 /42

Nevada
A Suffolk Univ. poll; conducted 6/1-2; surveyed 400 GOP primary LVs; margin of error +/- 4.9% (release, 6/3). Tested: 06 NV-02 candidate/ex-Assemb. Sharron Angle (R), Guaranteed Financial Services pres. Gary Bernstein (R), Sherry Brooks (R), Wall St. Banker John Chachas (R), Assemb. Chad Christensen (R), ex-state GOP Chair Sue Lowden (R), ex-Assemb. Min. Leader Garn Mabey (R), real estate investor Gary Marinch (R), Brian Nadell (R), project mgr./USMC vet Bill Parson (R), Cecilia Stern (R), Terry Suominen (R) and '06 Sec/State nominee/businessman/ex-UNLV basketball player Danny Tarkanian (R).

Primary Election Matchup

-               All Men Wom
S. Angle        33% 38% 28%
D. Tarkanian    26  27  25
S. Lowden       25  23  27
J. Chachas       4   2   5
C. Christensen   4   3   4
G. Mabey         1   1   1
B. Parson        1   1   0
G. Marinch       0  --   0
B. Nadell        0  --   0
G. Bernstein    --  --  --
S. Brooks       --  --  --
C. Stern        --  --  --
T. Suominen     --  --  --
Undec            7   6   9

Fav/Unfav

-               All     Men     Wom
D. Tarkanian    65%/17% 69%/15% 62 /19
S. Lowden       52 /32  52 /31  51 /32
S. Angle        55 /25  64 /18  46 /31
B. Obama         9 /87   7 /90  10 /83

If It Was Apparent Your First Choice Could Not Win, For Which Candidate Would You Vote?

-               All Men Wom
S. Lowden       33% 17% 42%
D. Tarkanian    25  33  21
S. Angle        14  25   8
Undec           14   8  17

Which Candidate Has A Better Chance Of Defeating Reid In The General Election?

-               All Men Wom
S. Lowden       33% 30% 36%
S. Angle        27  31  23
D. Tarkanian    23  21  25
Undec           15  15  15