Google Ads  Site Stats  SC-05: Spratt Leads Mulvaney by 7  by:
James L.  Wed Jan 27, 2010 at 2:48 PM EST  Public Policy Polling
(1/22-24, likely voters):  John Spratt (D-inc): 46 Mick Mulvaney
(R): 39 Undecided: 15  John Spratt (D-inc): 46 Albert Spencer
(R): 37 Undecided: 17 (MoE: ±4%)  I'd like these numbers if I
were a Republican. Spratt, a longtime incumbent, is under the
50% danger zone mark, and his GOP opponents are still largely
unknown, including highly-touted state Sen. Mick Mulvaney.
(Interestingly, though, Mulvaney's favorable rating is in net
negative territory at 14-24, which is not something you normally
see for undefined challengers.)  Still, there are bright spots
for Spratt in the poll. From Jensen:  -47% of Spratt's
constituents think that he's ideologically 'about right'
compared to 34% who think he's too liberal. That means a
significant percentage of his constituents perceive Spratt
differently than they do Congressional Democrats as a whole
rather than lumping him in as 'just another on