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Cal Cunningham up 49%-39% over Tillis in new SurveyUSA poll. He's *improved* since the texting scandal -- he was up 7% in the last poll.
Cunningham lost some ground with seniors, who I guess are used to having higher moral standards for electeds
Cunningham is losing ground with women and seniors since the sexting scandal but *gaining* ground with men and young voters, per this poll.
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Well that is good news.
Shermann
(7,412 posts)Thom Tillis' TV commercials are just all about that affair. That's his only message right now. Maybe it's backfiring?
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)Statistical
(19,264 posts)cheating bastard in 2020. Cheating seems kinda small compared to the damage the GOP is doing with the Senate. Still I hope someone primaries he ass in 2026.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)Yavin4
(35,437 posts)Riddle me that one Batman. it's okay for Trump but nobody else?
Shermann
(7,412 posts)The Dems have to fall on their swords or bend knees with hats in hand.
Yavin4
(35,437 posts)drray23
(7,627 posts)He is tangled in a campaign money scandal.
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/editorials/article245560520.html
Cunningham should hammer him on that and not let Tillis exploit his own sexting issue.
Personally, I do not give a damm about consenting adults sexting each other. Its a matter between Cunningham,the other person and his wife.
Demsrule86
(68,555 posts)idziak4ever1234
(1,257 posts)and this does make me think less of him. I have been cheated on and it hurts. However, for the good of the country, I have to look past that.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Journeyman
(15,031 posts)there's still no comparison between he and Tillis when it comes to destructive behavior towards our nation and its citizens.
Cunningham can try, if he wills, to mend his relations with his wife and make of himself a better man. That's his private affair. There's no hope though for Tillis. Too much baggage there.
Yavin4
(35,437 posts)Over and done with.
OnDoutside
(19,954 posts)drray23
(7,627 posts)He apologized for it,made a statement and refused to play the game of keeping having to apologize for it every time he is interviewed and instead redirects towards more important issues.
OnDoutside
(19,954 posts)moonscape
(4,673 posts)really want to see NC return to the blue it used to be.
Sam Ervin was a family friend, and he's rolling in his grave seeing the shennanigans of the legislature.
I chose NC to write GOTV letters to via Vote Forward and have 250 (and writers cramp) ready to mail the end of this week.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)Yeah that sexting really hurt him. No one cares about that kinda shit anymore. He didnt beat his wife after all...Tillis
chriscan64
(1,789 posts)the one having affairs would be the one more likely to have a communicable disease.
Shermann
(7,412 posts)Indykatie
(3,696 posts)Folks may be viewing Cunningham as the lesser of 2 evils. He better hope he wins. If not he will be a pariah in NC Dem politics for the rest of his life. Shame on him for being so fucking reckless.
NewDayOranges
(692 posts)If you're in North Carolina, you've still gotta vote for Cunningham to send him to DC!
drray23
(7,627 posts)The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)One learns something new every day....
subterranean
(3,427 posts)I suppose compared to that, a few salacious text messages are seen as no big deal.
dem4decades
(11,282 posts)I hope he can hang on.
dsc
(52,157 posts)Fortunately Tillis is a horrible candidate who only is in the Senate thanks to Obama being unpopular in 2014 and Ebola hitting at the wrong time, even then he barely won. It used to be the other seat that flipped party now it is this one maybe. I won't be happy until I see Cunningham above 50 but seeing him up 10 is great.
Upthevibe
(8,039 posts)leg to stand on! When I first read about it, I was a little concerned; but after everything that's happened, I wasn't nearly as worried as I would have been before these past four years...