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PossumSqueezins

(184 posts)
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 11:16 PM Aug 2012

Poll Claims Todd Akin Has Re-Taken Lead on Claire McCaskill [View all]

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Source: Life News

A new poll paid for by the Family Research Council, a pro-life group, indicates pro-life Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin now leads pro-abortion Sen. Clair McCaskill in the race despite the controversial comments he made about abortion and rape.

The pro-life group says the poll is evidence that Akin should not drop out of the race and that calls for him to do so were premature.

The new survey conducted by Wenzel Strategies of likely Missouri general election voters shows that Senate candidate Todd Akin has regained his lead over Senator Claire McCaskill by a 45% to 42% margin, with 13% undecided. It also shows Akin leading by 10 points among independent voters.


Read more: http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/29/poll-claims-todd-akin-has-re-taken-lead-on-claire-mccaskill/



Consider the source and I hope they're wrong. However, If Akin wins, we need to dig up Missouri and place it south of Louisiana.
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