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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn new PPP poll Kay Hagan is not in good shape against potential repub challengers
Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan trails her potential Republican challengers as she works to retain her seat in November, according to a new poll.
The North Carolina Democrat trailed each of the Republicans vying to challenge her in the general election by 1 or 2 points, according to a poll out Tuesday from left-leaning Public Policy Polling.
Hagan is a top target of Republicans looking to take over control of the Senate in 2014. Tuesdays poll is consistent with the past few months of polling, which have shown a sizable lead Hagan enjoyed in September evaporate as she runs near even with the Republicans in the field.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/kay-hagan-north-carolina-poll-102160.html#ixzz2qPL6YWWx
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Her opponents should be up by 10 points by now.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)The Republicans are running constant attack ads and "Obamacare will kill us all" ads. Team Hagan is running nothing yet.
The poll is concerning, but not doom.
(Yet.)
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)It's a DISASTER!!!! but when our side is ahead by 1 or 2 points its considered a tie.When I first saw the headlines I thought Hagan was down by 10 points
cali
(114,904 posts)she's the incumbent. furthermore, it looks like just about any republican could beat her.
anyone who doesn't recognize that NC has moved considerably to the right over the past few years, hasn't been paying attention.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Remember this little nugget from Wolfie?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/26/1150817/-CNN-knows-their-spin-and-they-re-sticking-with-it#
Obama 50%, Romney 46%.
That's a tie!
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)it was a tie. Another poll put turtle up by 1, he lead, according to the pundit class.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)These clowns might be at least partially good for the economy after all.
sinkingfeeling
(51,473 posts)their state and think twice.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Get as many states to put legal Marijuana on the 2014 ballot. Waiting till 2016 isn't going to do the Dems any good with the Presidential election of 2016. We need the masses to get to know more about Obamacare and Medicaid, and the possibilities of what a Dem House could do for the people for 2 years majority. If the people see granny is still alive by the summer, and getting more benefits, maybe they will see the ones trying to kill granny.
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)...the average voter may not care ENOUGH to make it a relevant issue?