Saturday, July 29, 2006
Joe Lieberman’s “Political Abyss” (9:08 am)
David Espo for AP reports on voter demographics in Connecticut, in a piece headlined “Struggling Lieberman faces political abyss.”
Now, with the war increasingly unpopular, the most recent public poll shows the primary race very close, with Lamont at 51 percent and Lieberman at 47 percent — reflecting a narrow edge for Lamont and a dramatic decline from the senator’s 14-point lead in June.
Equally startling is the composition of the senator’s support. Doug Schwartz, survey director at Quinnipiac University, said Lieberman polled ahead of Lamont only among voters 65 and older, those with incomes of less than $30,000 a year, and those without a college degree.
Lamont, 52, ran ahead in the survey among voters in all other age and income groups, as well as among those with college degrees, Schwartz said. Lamont outpolled Lieberman among men, 56-44 percent. Fifty-one percent of the women surveyed backed Lieberman, to 47 percent for Lamont, a statistically insignificant difference.
One Democratic strategist, speaking on condition of anonymity, said internal polls showed similar results.
posted by Brian Zick
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