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 Anthony Weiner speaks to the media during a news conference in New York, Thursday, June 16, 2011. Weiner resigned from Congress, saying he cannot continue in office amid the intense controversy surrounding sexually explicit messages he sent online to several women. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)  

Weprin, Turner tied in NY special election, according to internal GOP poll

12:18 AM 09/02/2011
Alexis Levinson
Political Reporter

Democrat David Weprin and Republican Bob Turner are running even in the race to replace former Rep. Anthony Weiner, according to an internal Republican poll released Thursday.

Roll Call reports that the poll, conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, found 42 percent of likely voters would vote for Weprin and 42 percent would vote for Turner. Sixteen percent of those polled said they were undecided.

Democrats have a large voter registration advantage in New York’s 9th Congressional District, making the results of the poll surprising. They come on the heels of a Siena poll which found Turner trailing Weprin by a mere six points.

McLaughlin polled 300 voters in live telephone interviews, and the poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 5.7 percentage points.

Politico’s David Catanese cautioned that McLaughlin’s polling has been wrong in the past.

A New York-based Republican political consultant also noted that “special elections are about turn out” and “turn out is about organization.” Republicans in the district have a fairly fractured organization. Democrats, on the other hand, have unions, and the unions will get their voters to the polls, the consultant said.

“That’s a hidden five to ten percent bump right there that Turner doesn’t have,” the consultant added.

Tags: Anthony Weiner, New York
  • Jagraham

     
     
    We could all learn from this church and this Deacon! 
    God’s Blessings
     
    Subj: Fw: The Living Bible
     
     
    Now this isthe Living Bible: His name is Bill. He has wild hair, wears a T-shirt with holes in it,jeans, and no shoes. This was literally his wardrobe for his entirefour years of college.He is brilliant. Kind of profound and very, very bright. He became a Christian while attending college.Across the street from the campus is a well-dressed, very conservative church. They want to develop a ministry to the students but are notsure how to go about it.One day Bill decides to go there. He walks in with no shoes, jeans, hisT-shirt, and wild hair. The service has already started and so Bill starts down the aisle looking for a seat.The church is completely packed and he can’t find a seat. By now, people are really looking a bit uncomfortable, but no one says anything.Bill gets closer and closer and closer to the pulpit, and when he realizes there are no seats, he just squats down right on the carpet.By now the people are really uptight, and the tension in the air is thick.About this time, the minister realizes that from way at the back of the church, a deacon is slowly making his way toward Bill.Now the deacon is in his eighties, has silver-gray hair, and a three-piece suit.. A godly man, very elegant, very dignified, very courtly. He walks with a cane and, as he starts walking toward this boy, everyone is saying to themselves that you can’t blame him for whathe’s going to do.How can you expect a man of his age and of his background to understand some college kid on the floor?It takes a long time for the man to reach the boy.The church is utterly silent except for the clicking of the man’s cane.All eyes are focused on him.. You can’t even hear anyone breathing. The minister can’t even preach the sermon until the deacon does what he has to do.And now they see this elderly man drop his cane on the floor. With great difficulty, he lowers himself and sits down next to Bill and worships with him so he won’t be alone.Everyone chokes up with emotion.When the minister gains control, he says,’What I’m about to preach, you will never remember. What you have just seen, you will never forget.”Be careful how you live. You may be the only Bible some people will ever read!’                  

  • Narcissistic Swine

    The union members are little robots with an IQ in the minus numbers. They will vote for whomever their bloated cigar smoking union bosses tell them to. They would vote for Hitler if that’s what the union wanted.

  • joeaiello

    I’m a New Yorker. This is a NYC race. Trust me, the democrat wins no problem!

  • Jagraham

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