Republican Harold Johnson's campaign is touting a new internal poll that shows him narrowly trailing 8th District Democratic Rep. Larry Kissell by 5 percentage points. "This is a real shot in the arm for all of us," Johnson said. "Obviously this race is very competitive."Not surprisingly, the poll differs from an internal poll for Kissell two weeks ago that showed the freshman Democrat with a 17-point lead.
Both surveys suggest the race is running counter to national and state trends, at least for now.
Recent polls on RealClearPolitics.com show Republicans with a lead of as many as 13 points on the generic Congressional ballot. Raleigh's Public Policy Polling found voters favor Republicans in generic legislative races by eight points.
Despite the absence of an independent poll, the 8th District is considered North Carolina's only real toss-up contest by many analysts.
Kissell spokesman Christopher Shuler dismissed the latest GOP poll. It was done by Public Opinion Strategies, the same company that showed Kissell trailing Republican Rep. Robin Hayes a few weeks before the 2008 election. Kissell won by 10 percentage points.
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Me no social scientist. But didn't P.O.S. polling and Gene Ulm notorious push pollster say Hayes winny by 17-points right before Kissell did by 10?
Wow, that's a 27 point spread!?!
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e283/betsybarnet/pos.jpg
So if P.O.S. push polling says that old man from two districts away is losing by 5-points, add a million.
Yay, team reality! Kissell already won.
Kissell spokesman Christopher Shuler dismissed the latest GOP poll. It was done by Public Opinion Strategies, the same company that showed Kissell trailing Republican Rep. Robin Hayes a few weeks before the 2008 election. Kissell won by 10 percentage points.
What's POS polling's number? They sound awesome.
Anonymous 7:42 that poll you linked was from 2006, Hayes won in 2006.
Yes HE did Anonymous @ 8:57. What part of 2008 and YOU lost AND LYING PUSH POLLING pos GENE SCHMUCK POLLING SMUCKERS IS A PUSH POLLING FIRM DON'T YOU GET?
dO YOU DALLAS WOODHOUSE HOUSE TOOLS EVEN KNOW HOW TO SPELL "HA?"
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Survey Folks,
Let's stop arguing. We all know "The Big Guy" cant find Fort Bragg on a map, much less his pharmacy where his pills to be sane at 70 years old are cut in half because he refuses the overwhelming supported Health Care Reform his opponent voted against.
WOW, that does does make Harold Johnson sound Crazy.
The mouth of the south Harold Johnson is a likable guy who immediately lights up a room and a guy who even ultra brainwashed libs would vote for.
He was one of the last REAL live personalities in Charlotte tv and radio land who people watched if only to laugh at or talk trash about and Johnson took it all in stride.
Todays tv and radio sports or news are all totally DEADHEADS with absolutely ZERO personality robotic cardboard carbon copies of each other. Pathetic as hell and one station just fired the toned down Mathis guy.
Who are these schmucks charge of running these lousy media joints in the QC these days? They all need to be fired.
This incumbent should be ahead in this race by 25 points but is not! Unfortunately Larry Kissell is wearing cement shoes and a large anchor around his neck. Engraved on that anchor is
"96%". The anchor is Nancy Pelosi, a California liberal that Kissell admires and respects. The shoes are Obama and Reid, which speak for themselves. Won't take long for the folks of the 8th district to connect those dots. Not sure how long underheaded Kissell can tread water with all that weight. This one goes down to the wire. I hate that for the Harold Johnson bashers.
"Homey don't play 'dat."
Whoops.
POS polling sucks.
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