MD Senate: Cardin (D) 47%, Steele (R) 41%; Mfume (D) 44%, Steele (R)45%

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Ben Cardin (D) 47%
Michael Steele (R) 41%

Kweisi Mfume (D) 44%
Michael Steele (R) 45%


Democratic Congressman Ben Cardin still leads Republican Lt. Governor Michael Steele, but no longer by double digits in this tightening race. Cardin now leads Steele by just six points, 47% to 41%. In February he had led Steele by fourteen points, which by April had dropped to a ten-point lead (see Crosstabs).

Steele is neck-and-neck with Democratic NAACP President Kweisi Mfume, with Steele nominally leading, 45% to 44%. In April Mfume led by four points, after the two had been neck-and-neck in February, Steele 42%, Mfume 41%. The main change for this match-up is that more voters have made up their minds.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/State%20Polls/July%202006/mdSenate.htm

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1. The Baltimore Sun has a poll as well

"Cardin leads Steele, 47 percent to 36 percent, in the race for Sarbanes' seat, according to the telephone survey of 1,200 likely voters conducted July 6-10 by Potomac Inc., an independent polling company based in Bethesda. Seventeen percent are undecided. The survey has a margin of error of 2.8 percentage points for the general election and 4.1 percentage points for the primary. The error rate is higher for smaller subgroups."

"Mfume leads Steele, 42 percent to 40 percent, with 18 percent undecided. The 2-percentage-point difference falls within the poll's margin of error, leaving the race in a virtual dead heat."

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-te.md.poll17jul17,0,549888.story?coll=bal-home-headlines

Not terribly different except that Cardin's lead is more significant in the Sun's Poll.
Rasmussen always seems to be weighted in favor of the Republican side. This is not to say that we do not have a fight on our hands, we do.

The Democrats have got to make sure that the people know that Steele will just be another Bush Puppet with a rubber stamp.

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2. I've had white democrats tell me they'd vote Steele over Mfume

sick...sick...sick. I am an Mfume supporter, but have heard from too many long time democrats that he's too ghetto for them. It may be a sad fact in this still south of the mason line state, that Cardin is still the ensured victory, and frankly I would hate for this seat to go republican. Anyway, my idealistic inclinations are waffling, and I may pull the lever for Cardin just to preserve the seat.