The latest poll numbers from the conservative-leaning Rasmussen Reports shows Richard Blumenthal holding a commanding lead against his GOP rivals.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in the state shows Blumenthal leading former Congressman Rob Simmons 58% to 32%. Blumenthal held a 19-point lead in this match-up last month and a 23-point lead in early January just after Dodd announced his decision not to run again.
Blumenthal leads Linda McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, by 29 points, 60% to 31%. A month ago, he posted a 20-point lead over McMahon after leading by 24 points in the first Rasmussen Reports survey of the reconfigured race.
Peter Schiff, president of Euro Pacific Capital, trails the Democrat 57% to 27%. Schiff's numbers against Blumenthal were worse in January when he was down by 36 points.
Blumenthal continues to do well among independent voters.
Among voters not affiliated with either major political party, Blumenthal leads by 15 points or more against all three GOP opponents. The Democrat holds roughly 40-point leads against all three candidates among women. Among men, Simmons performs best of the three, trailing Blumenthal 49% to 40%.
Blumenthal's high "very favorable" numbers are also solid.
Forty-one percent (41%) of Connecticut voters share a very favorable opinion of Blumenthal, while only 10% view him very unfavorably. Those ratings are largely unchanged from February.
Although spending millions of dollars in an attempt to establish herself as a candidate, McMahon's high "very unfavorable" numbers indicates that the former head of the wrestling empire is having a problem connecting with the state's conservative base.
For McMahon, very favorables total 13% and very unfavorables 21%.
In comparison to Simmons and Schiff's very favorable/very unfavorable numbers...
Just 13% view Simmons very favorably while eight percent (8%) view him very unfavorably.
Schiff remains the least-known candidate, with 29% of voters who do not know enough about him to share even a soft opinion. Eight percent (8%) view him very favorably, and 10% view him very unfavorably.
If these are the best numbers Simmons, Schiff, and Simmons can get from a GOP-friendly polling firm, I can't wait to see there numbers on the next Quinnipiac poll.
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