Rasmussen reports: JD closing the gap!

JD Hayworth is closing the gap and is poised to overtake McCain in the polls according the Rasumussen Reports. This is a huge change. Keep it going! The primary is August 24.

Election 2010: Arizona Republican Primary for Senate
Arizona GOP Senate: McCain 48%, Hayworth 41%

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Following the announcement that Sarah Palin would campaign for his reelection, McCain opened up a 53% to 31% lead over Hayworth in January. The two men were in a near tie in November.

But now Hayworth, a former congressman turned popular local talk radio host, is a formal candidate, and anti-immigration activist Chris Simcox has quit the race and endorsed him. For McCain, the new numbers also show him dropping again below 50%, and incumbents who poll less than 50% at this stage of a campaign are considered potentially vulnerable.

Hayworth leads by seven points among male primary voters but trails by 23 among women. He edges McCain by five points among party conservatives, but the incumbent holds substantial margins among Republicans who identify themselves as moderates or liberals.

The Democrats have are running a proud Obama supporter, Sotomayor touting, aflcio endorsed Rudy Garcia.