MS Special Election/Mike Espy (D) internal: Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) down by 2

[Tender Branson]

39% Espy (D)
37% Hyde-Smith (R-Incumbent)

http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2018/aug/01/abc-news-race-replace-sen-thad-cochran-could-resha

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Great news.

[OneJ]

Seriously, I want to believe...

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Seriously, I want to believe...

[MT Treasurer]

No surprise, this race is a Tossup.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Seriously, I want to believe...

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

They probably forgot to include the McDaniels percentage lol. Then it would make perfect sense.

[Politician]

Nut!

Probably false, though.

[#gravelgang #lessiglad]

If this is in any way true, it's disturbing how female republican candidates are running way behind expected benchmarks in red states, against male democrats. Hyde-Smith, Blackburn, Noem - this is a bit of a depressing pattern.

[Jeppe]

They probably forgot to include McDaniel’s numbers.

[President Johnson]

Both in the upper 30s is pretty meaningless, even if you don't consider it's an internal poll. Espy won't stand a chance in the run-off unless the Republicans come up with a Roy Moore style candidate.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

The idea that 24% of the electorate would really be undecided in such a polarized state is obviously not accurate. Given that it's an internal poll, they just didn't push undecideds in order to get the result they wanted. It's a very obvious tactic. Junk Poll.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Espy has a better chance than Rosen due to Sisolak.

[IceSpear]

Lol. I'm confident Espy will get at least 39% of the vote.

Lots of junk polls today.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

I am happy for Espy and Stacy Abrams exceeding expectations, where Ben Jealous, who was supposed to win, is below expectations.

[ElectionsGuy]

I don't see why people think this race is competitive. The jungle primary pretty much finishes off any chance Epsy has. He'll take the 40-45% he gets in the jungle with him in the general and that'll be the end of it.

[OneJ]

They probably forgot to include McDaniel’s numbers.

They might be focusing on the general after the jungle primary because I don’t see anyone breaking 50.

[Maxwell]

lol k

[brand_allen]

Would be great if we could get the name of the pollster, the nature of the sample, the field dates, etc....

[Senator Incitatus]

Just another reminder that folks here were seriously arguing that Espy should drop out because he's black.

[Dr. Arch]

Imagine telling yourself in 2014/6 that Democrats would have senators elected in TN, AL, and MS in 2018; how would you react?

In any case, I would love for this to be true. Time will tell, I guess.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Just another reminder that folks here were seriously arguing that Espy should drop out because he's black.

I mean he shouldn't, but let's not kid ourselves either, if Doug Jones was black, Roy Moore would have won.

[Zaybay]

Just another reminder that folks here were seriously arguing that Espy should drop out because he's black.

I mean he shouldn't, but let's not kid ourselves either, if Doug Jones was black, Roy Moore would have won.

I mean, that just blatantly forgets how Jones won in the first place. Jones only won 30% of the white vote, which is rather average for Democrats. What was the difference was the fact that Jones won the Black Vote by historic margins, as much as Obama did. And they turned out. If Jones were black, its possible that more Black Dems would have turned out, and he likely still would have won.

[Skunk]

Just another reminder that folks here were seriously arguing that Espy should drop out because he's black.

I mean he shouldn't, but let's not kid ourselves either, if Doug Jones was black, Roy Moore would have won.

I'm assuming you're referring to your endorsement?

[South Dakota Democrat]

Espy has a better chance than Rosen due to Sisolak.

That is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard.