Now will you guys believe me that Cardin is the stronger candidate than Mfume? Rasmussen confirms it.
From OurSenate:
The latest Rasmussen Reports Election 2006 survey finds that Cardin attracts 45% of the vote to 40% for Steele. Four percent (4%) say they would vote for someone else and 11% are undecided.
Steele, however, leads former Congressman and NAACP President Kweisi Mfume by seven points, 47% to 40%. The survey margin of sampling error is +- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
Mfume does better among African-Americans than Cardin does, but Cardin does hugely better among whites, and that is why he is leading Steele despite much lower name recognition than either of the two others. Importantly, Steele and Mfume both have high name recognition, with Mfume's negatives only slightly lower than his positives. Cardin is still unknown to 44% of Maryland. So when you take all this into account, I just don't see how nominating Mfume is a better move than nominating Cardin.
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