Lazio and Paladino in "virtual dead heat"
Rick Lazio and Carl Paladino are in "a virtual dead heat" for tomorrow's Republican primary for governor, according to a Siena poll of likely primary voters out this past weekend. Lazio leads Paladino 43-42 -- but that's within the 4 point margin of error.
The Siena poll reports that support for the two candidates is skewed geographically. Lazio, who's from Long Island, has a 55-30 lead among downstate Republicans. And Paladino, who's from Buffalo, leads 53-32 percent among upstate Republicans.
Paladino has picked up a lot of ground with Republican voters over the last month. A mid-August Siena poll had Lazio leading 43-30 among Republicans (they both were way behind in hypothetical matchups with Andrew Cuomo). It seems Paladino's angry-guy-taking-a-baseball-bat-to-the-establishment message is resonating with some people. Or maybe it's the campaign mailers that smell like garbage. [NYT] [NYT]
Paladino was in the Capital Region Sunday. He accepted separate endorsements from the Tea Party and Troy mayor Harry Tutunjian. [WTEN] [Troy Record]
Earlier on AOA:
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image via Paladino campaign
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If Palladino wins it's going to be interesting to see what happens. He's worked very hard to get the votes of the bigot demographic by making the "terrorist victory mosque" the centerpiece of his campaign. If he intends to have even a slight chance in November he's going to have to lay off on that some but at the same time not alienate the bigots.
... said Trebu on Sep 13, 2010 at 12:49 PM | link
After I read something about Paladino, I always feel like I should take a shower......
... said Bob on Sep 13, 2010 at 1:51 PM | link
They both creep me out so much.
... said skfl on Sep 13, 2010 at 2:15 PM | link
This is fun to watch like pro wrestling, knowing neither will make it onto the Olympic podium.
... said ChuckD on Sep 13, 2010 at 3:40 PM | link