GA-Sen: Chambliss and Martin Neck-and-Neck in New SUSA Poll

[ccharles000]

http://swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3232

SurveyUSA (9/28-29, likely voters, 9/14-16):

Jim Martin (D): 44 (36)
Saxby Chambliss (R-inc): 46 (53)
Allen Buckley (L): 5 (8)
(MoE: ±3.8%)
When we saw this internal poll for the DSCC yesterday that showed Chambliss leading by only three, many of us were rightly skeptical. Now SurveyUSA is out with a poll confirming a tight race.

I took a quick glance at the crosstabs and couldn't find any significant demographic differences between this poll and SUSA's last one (in terms of the sample's composition), but it's worth noting that the same poll finds McCain ahead of Obama by 52-44 -- a much more respectable margin than the 57-41 blowout of two weeks ago.

SSP currently rates this race as Likely Republican, but it definitely is worth watching.

Update: Here's one tidbit that I missed -- of those who have already voted (9% of likely voters), Martin leads Chambliss by 61-36 an Obama leads McCain by 64-35.

[Mz Pip]

1. He's right up at the top

of my list of Repugs I'd most like to see defeated. He is such a smarmy twit and the ads he ran against Max Cleland should earn him a special place in Hell.

I felt the same way about George Allen in 2006 and was literally dancing in the street when I heard he lost to Webb. It would be so sweet if Martin could pull off an upset.