Clock Strikes 12 in CT Senate Poll

With a week until election day, Democrat Richard Blumenthal is maintaining a 12-percentage point lead in the U.S. Senate race and Democrat Dan Malloy is up 5 points in the contest for governor, according to the Quinnipiac University poll.

The poll of likely voters released today showed little movement from Quinnnipiac's previous survey a week ago, when Blumenthal led Republican Linda McMahon by 11 points and Malloy was up 7 points over Republican Tom Foley.

"The vote for Connecticut governor and senator is solidifying. There has been little movement in either race in the last two weeks," said Douglas Schwartz, the poll's director.

Blumenthal leads 54 percent to 42 percent, a spread similar to a Rasmussen Reports survey released Monday. A week ago, Quinnipiac had him ahead, 54 percent to 43 percent.

Quinnipiac found only 3 percent undecided and 6 percent who say they could change their minds before next week's election to choose a successor to five-term Democrat Christopher J. Dodd.

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