Three polls released this week show Republican candidates eking out crucial victories in the Nov. 4 midterm elections against their Democratic opponents.
The surveys, each from separate polling firms, are the last ones you’ll see before Election Day next week.
Here are the most interesting surveys released this week:
1. Georgia
Republican businessman David Perdue currently leads his Democratic opponent, Michelle Nunn, 48 to 45 percent with “likely voters” in the Peach State, according to a survey released Wednesday by SurveyUSA and WXIA-TV.
The survey, which was conducted from Oct. 24-17, surveyed approximately 611 “likely voters.”
A poll released last week by the same group showed Nunn leading Perdue 46 to 44 percent.
“The biggest change came from women voters. SurveyUSA said Perdue now trails by 2 points among women voters; last week, he trailed by 13. He also has an 84-point advantage among core Republican voters and leads by 25 points among seniors,” WXIA-TV reported.
2. Arkansas
In case there was any doubt, a new poll hints that Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., will easily unseat Democratic incumbent Sen. Mark Pryor.
Cotton now leads Pryor among “likely voters” by a whopping 49 to 36 percent, according to a poll released Thursday by the University of Arkansas.
The survey, which was conducted between Oct. 21-27, polled 747 Arkansans.
“It is no accident that the Democrats seem to have made October the month of the woman,” poll director Janine Parry said. “Not only are women as likely to favor Pryor as they are Cotton, but their votes are still up for grabs. While 7 percent of men answered ‘don’t know’ or refused to answer, 13 percent of women were in one of those categories.”
The survey’s sampling margin of error is plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.
A separate poll released Thursday by Rasmussen Reports shows Cotton winning with “likely voters” 51 to 44 percent.
3. Colorado
Despite a long-running campaign to paint him as anti-woman, and despite a hilariously backfired hit piece from the sports blog Deadspin, Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., is poised to oust Democratic incumbent Sen. Mark Udall.
Gardner is ahead of Udall 46 to 39 percent among “likely voters” in the Centennial State, according to a Quinnipiac poll released Thursday.
The survey, conducted between Oct. 22-27, polled 844 “likely voters” and contains a sampling margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.
“U.S. Sen. Mark Udall loses ground to U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner – and the GOP smacks its lips,” assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll Tim Malloy said. “This Colorado Senate race has national implications, and it’s taken an ugly turn for the incumbent.”
Gardner’s continued dominance in the polls comes even as pro-abortion groups in favor of Udall’s re-election campaign, including NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado and NARAL Pro-Choice America, pepper the state with ads accusing the Republican congressman of favoring devastating floods and a run on prophylactics.
BONUS: The Wisconsin governor’s race
Incumbent Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wis., now leads his Democratic challenger, Mary Burke, 50 to 43 percent among likely voters, according to a survey released Wednesday by Marquette University Law School.
As reported earlier by the Washington Examiner:
The Marquette poll, conducted from Oct. 23-26, shows a dramatic improvement from the last Marquette poll two weeks ago. In that earlier poll, Burke and Walker were tied at 47 percent with likely voters.
But the contest depends heavily on who comes out to vote. Among the larger population of registered voters, Walker leads Burke by just a point — 46 to 45 percent — the new poll shows.
Walker also won his recall election in 2012 by seven points, after the same pollster showed him leading by exactly seven points.
