Poll sponsored by The Courier-Journal Bluegrass/WHAS-TV
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With just under two months until Kentucky's U.S. Senate election, a new WHAS11/Courier-Journal Bluegrass Poll shows Republican Rand Paul nearly doubling his lead in the last month, now up 15 points over Democrat Jack Conway, 55% to 40%. Since last month, Paul is up 4 points; Conway is down 3.22 point lead among Independents
The poll, conducted by Survey USA, also indicates that Kentucky voters are increasingly identifying themselves as Republican or Independent while identifying less with the Democratic Party. The disproportionate representation compared to actual voter registration and previous voter turnout prompted the Conway campaign to dispute the poll.
"The methodology of this poll is sort of out of line and we certainly question some of the ways that the poll was conducted," said Conway Press Secretary Allison Haley.
"I do think the momentum of the state is with us," said Paul, "What the exact number is.... we're happy to be 15 ahead. That's for sure."
"We're excited about it. Everywhere I go across Kentucky we think people are concerned about the debt," Paul said, "They want somebody who will go up there and shake things up, somebody who will introduce a balanced budget amendment, somebody who's for term limits, somebody who understands that the system's broken. We can't just keep on spending and borrowing, spending and borrowing."
Retiring Senator Jim Bunning said Thursday that Rand Paul would win citing "unbelievable" intensity on the Republican and conservative side