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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums👍🏼Phil Bredesen holds double-digit lead over Marsha Blackburn in US Senate race, new MTSU poll shows
The poll, released Thursday, found 45 percent of 600 registered Tennessee voters said they would choose Bredesen, a Democrat and former Nashville mayor, if the election were immediately held.
Blackburn, a Brentwood Republican, netted 35 percent, with another 17 percent of respondents saying they were not sure.
Three percent of respondents declined to answer.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/05/tennessee-us-senate-2018-poll-phil-bredesen-marsha-blackburn/485649002/
Demsrule86
(68,753 posts)where I hear her whiny snotty voice.
spanone
(135,919 posts)a kennedy
(29,747 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I'm not sure how Blackburn goes about picking up any further support; she and Bredeson are both known commodities in Tennessee. But I hope this poll spurs Tennessee Democrats to redouble their efforts statewide. Democrats have had great results in Virginia, Alabama, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin so far this cycle. Let's add Tennessee to the list!
mchill
(1,020 posts)schills for the GOP on the planet. This news is wonderful!
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)tblue37
(65,504 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)especially with the map so badly skewed against Democrats this year.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)If he got into the Senate it would be a wonderful thing for this country.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,384 posts)oasis
(49,438 posts)SouthernIrish
(512 posts)It would be the first time in a long time that I coukd say that I am proud to be a Tennessean.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)little at this point. The good thing is, almost all of tennessee knows who Blackburn is and who Bredesen is...and he needs to get his support well above the 50% line. Blackburn sitting at 35% isn't a good starting point for her to say the least
Paladin
(28,281 posts)iluvtennis
(19,895 posts)packman
(16,296 posts)Blackburn is an idiot, a fool and an asshole - then again, I am a gentleman and won't use harsher words.
Stuart G
(38,454 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,573 posts)Fabulous news!
spanone
(135,919 posts)Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)Which is the race continues to tighten until it's dead even, then the Republicans manage to show up at the last minute with a "missing" ballot box or laptop to put them over the top.