Indiana

Sunday Morning Polling

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

After enjoying an awesome Saturday with the lovely Mrs. Shabazz, it’s time to get back to the political mill and post all my gossip, rumor and blatant innuendo that’s worth repeating.   The latest bit of news comes from the Republican race for the U.S. Senate.

The Southern Indiana blog Hoosier Advocate is posting what it says are the results of an internal poll done by one of the Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate.  The results are as follows…

• Dan Coats – 29%.
• John Hostettler – 26%.
• Marlin Stutzman – 18%.
• Don Bates, Jr. – 5%.
• Richard Behney – 3%.
• Undecided – 19%.

The survey was reportedly taken Tuesday and Wednesday of this past week.   It doesn’t say how many voters participated in the survey.  It also says that voters who said they would vote for Bates or Behney would otherwise be voting for Stutzman or Hostettler.

The poll also says that Coats favorable/unfavorable ratings are 30/22 amongst Republican voters.  Hostettler’s is 32/5.  Stutzman’s is 20/3.

As I said before, the veracity of the poll can be questioned, but it does reinforce what I’ve thought and said before, that Coats is the person to beat and unless there’s a major game changer soon, he’ll likely be the Republican nominee.

So far there have been two broadcast debates with the candidates.  You can hear the one I moderated on WXNT radio here.  And Hoosier Access also has the debate from IUPUI posted on its website.

Franklin College is hosting a debate on April 19.  And the Indiana Debate Commission is holding its debate on the 20th.

And by April 15, we should know how much each candidate has in the bank.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on April 11, 2010 (boomark / email).