The Hill

Gaps Closing?

Joshua Fimbres

In Senate races across America it appears that gaps Republicans had opened in the previous weeks are back in play for Democrats. For example in Pennsylvania, Toomey (R) has been leading Congressman Sestak (D) by a margin of nine percent over the course of many weeks of polling. Recent polls this week show his lead down to several points or even with Sestak in the lead. Senator Feingold (D) has also been favored with new polls showing him in a dead heat with Ron Johnson (R) in the state of Wisconsin. In Colorado Ken Buck’s (R) seven point advantage has dwindled to a mere point or two. Kentucky is back in flux with Jack Conway (D) eating away at Rand Paul’s (R) decisive lead merely two weeks prior. It is possible that the President’s rally to the Democratic base is pulling the tide in favor of Democrats in these key states. The majority of contested seats this election cycle are concentrated in states that President Obama carried handily as of two years ago; races in New York, California, Connecticut, Washington, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Republicans are facing an uphill climb in order to reclaim a majority in the Senate as the battleground is not the most fertile for such a takeover.

Additional Reading

http://www.weeklystandard.com/

http://www.nationalreview.com/battle10

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-senate-landscape-20101020,0,2988256.story

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/