Chambliss-Martin now rated a tossup
October 9, 2008 at 2:56 pm by Ken Edelstein in NewsPollster.com today switched Georgia’s U.S. Senate contest to yellow, signifying that it could go either way in the Nov. 4 election. Looks like Saxby Chambliss vote for the Wall Street bailout isn’t doing him much good.
Just last night, I reported that pollster.com — which derives its rankings from a running average of surveys from legitimate polling companies — had switched the seat now held by Republican Chambliss from red to pink, meaning it still leaned Republican.
But today the average is 46.3 for Chambliss versus 42.5 for Martin, which pollster.com considers a tossup. Four of the last five polls placed Martin within 3 percent of Chambliss.
Although the incumbent Republican still has to be considered the favorite — particularly with all the money he can use to inundate the airwaves with late negative ads — but 46.3 percent
is a very dangerous number for Chambliss. Any time the incumbent falls that far below 50 percent he’s in the danger zone.
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