Republican Thomas Foley now holds a sliver of a lead over Democrat Dan Malloy in the final Rasmussen Reports survey of the 2010 Connecticut governor’s race. It’s the first time Foley’s been ahead since April.
The Republican now earns 48% support from Likely Voters in Connecticut, while Malloy gets 46% of the vote. One percent (1%) prefer another candidate, and five percent (5%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording,
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.)
The race remains a Toss-Up in the Rasmussen Reports
Election 2010 Gubernatorial Scorecard
.
A week ago
, Malloy, an ex-mayor of Stamford, held a 49% to 46% lead over Foley, a wealthy businessman and former U.S. ambassador to Ireland. Malloy has consistently been the front-runner in surveys dating back to May, with support ranging from 38% to 50%. Foley, in those same surveys, has earned 33% to 45% of the vote. But Foley has been closing the gap between the two over the past month.
The candidates held their final debate Friday night. This survey was conducted on Sunday.
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The survey of 750 Likely Voters in Connecticut was conducted on October 31, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by
Pulse Opinion Research, LLC
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Republican Linda McMahon receives her highest level of support to date, but she still trails Democratic state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal by seven points in the final Rasmussen Reports look at
Connecticut’s U.S. Senate race
.
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Republican Thomas Foley now holds a sliver of a lead over Democrat Dan Malloy in the final Rasmussen Reports survey of the 2010 Connecticut governor’s race. It’s the first time Foley’s been ahead since April.
The Republican now earns 48% support from Likely Voters in Connecticut, while Malloy gets 46% of the vote. One percent (1%) prefer another candidate, and five percent (5%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording,
click here
.)
The race remains a Toss-Up in the Rasmussen Reports
Election 2010 Gubernatorial Scorecard
.
A week ago
, Malloy, an ex-mayor of Stamford, held a 49% to 46% lead over Foley, a wealthy businessman and former U.S. ambassador to Ireland. Malloy has consistently been the front-runner in surveys dating back to May, with support ranging from 38% to 50%. Foley, in those same surveys, has earned 33% to 45% of the vote. But Foley has been closing the gap between the two over the past month.
The candidates held their final debate Friday night. This survey was conducted on Sunday.
(Want a
free daily e-mail update
? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook.
The survey of 750 Likely Voters in Connecticut was conducted on October 31, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by
Pulse Opinion Research, LLC
. See
methodology
.
Republican Linda McMahon receives her highest level of support to date, but she still trails Democratic state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal by seven points in the final Rasmussen Reports look at
Connecticut’s U.S. Senate race
.
Foley has the support of 88% of Connecticut Republicans, while just 80% of the state’s Democrats back Malloy. The GOP candidate holds a 17-point lead among voters not affiliated with either of the major parties.
Ninety-one percent (91%) of Foley supporters are certain how they will vote tomorrow, as are 89% of Malloy voters.
Fifty-five percent (55%) of all Connecticut voters hold a favorable opinion of Foley, while 42% view him unfavorably. This includes 23% with a Very Favorable view and 19% with a Very Unfavorable one.
Fifty-one percent (51%) regard Malloy favorably, and 44% see the Democrat unfavorably, with 28% Very Favorable and 22% Very Unfavorable.
Only 11% of voters in the state say raising taxes is a better way to deal with state budget problems than cutting spending. Seventy-six percent (76%) think cutting government spending is the better course.
Ninety-six percent (96%) of Foley supporters favor cutting spending as a budget response, compared to 55% of those who back Malloy.
Ten percent (10%) of all voters in the state rate the U.S. economy as good or excellent, while 48% describe it as poor. Sixty-three percent (63%) believe the country is in a recession. Thirty percent (30%) say the economy is getting better, but 41% think it’s getting worse.
Eighty-three percent (83%) of voters who feel the economy is improving support Malloy. Foley gets 72% of the vote from those who say the economy is getting worse.
Republican Governor Jodi Rell who chose not to seek reelection remains popular in the state. Sixty percent (60%) approve of the job she is doing as governor, while 38% disapprove.
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