In a stunning turnaround, Quinnipiac University said the U.S. Senate race between Richard Blumenthal and Linda McMahon is nearly a dead heat, after Blumenthal entered 2010 the overwhelming favorite to succeed Sen. Christopher Dodd.
In poll results of likely voters published the morning of Sept. 29, Attorney General Blumenthal led former World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. CEO McMahon 49 percent to 46 percent, with the poll carrying a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent.
Four percent of likely voters said they are undecided, and another 9 percent said they could yet change their mind. Independent voters, with whom the election could hinge, were in McMahon”™s camp by a 49 percent-44 percent margin.
“Blumenthal has to be concerned about Linda McMahon”™s momentum,” said Douglas Schwartz, Quinnipiac University poll director, in a prepared statement. “He can hear her footsteps as she closes in on him. McMahon clearly is capitalizing on the anger that one-third of voters are feeling toward the federal government.”
