Round-Up of Senate and Governor Polls in Six Battleground States

Two pollsters -- Fox News/Pulse Opinion Research -- released a trove of Senate and governor race surveys Tuesday, and below is a summary of what they found.

Taegan Goddard of Political Wire notes, "The new set of Fox News surveys ... were actually conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, which is a new venture from pollster Scott Rasmussen which 'will allow anyone willing to pay $600 to go to the website, type in their credit card number, and run any poll that they wanted, with any language that they want...'"

California

Fox News/Pulse Opinion Strategies

Three-term Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer is in a statistical tie with Republican Carly Fiorina, leading her 46 percent to 44 percent with 4 percent preferring some other candidate and 6 percent undecided.

Republican Meg Whitman leads Democrat Jerry Brown by 49 percent to 43 percent with 4 percent preferring some other candidate and 4 percent undecided.

Florida

Fox News/Pulse Opinion Strategies, Sept. 11

Republican Marco Rubio leads Charlie Crist in the Senate race by 43 percent to 27 percent with 21 percent for Democrat Kendrick Meek, 4 percent preferring some other choice and 6 percent undecided.

Democrat Alex Sink leads Republican Rick Scott by 49 percent to 41 percent in the gubernatorial race with 5 percent preferring some other candidate and 5 percent undecided.

Kentucky

Daily Kos/Public Policy Polling, Sept. 11-12

Republican Rand Paul leads Democrat Jack Conway in the Senate race by 49 percent to 42 percent.

Nevada

Fox News/Pulse Opinion Strategies, Sept. 11

Republican Sharron Angle and Democrat Harry Reid are in a statistical tie in the Senate race, as they have been in recent surveys by other pollsters. Angle leads Reid 45 percent to 44 percent with 10 percent undecided, preferring neither or preferring some other candidate.

Republican Brian Sandoval leads Democrat Rory Reid in the governor's race by 56 percent to 38 percent with the balance undecided or not liking any of the choices.

Rasmussen Reports, Sept. 13

Angle and Reid are tied at 48 percent each, with 2 percent preferring some other candidate and 3 percent undecided.

Reuters/Ipsos, Sept. 10-12

Reid leads Angle by 46 percent to 44 percent with 3 percent preferring someone else and 8 percent undecided.

Sandoval leads (Rory) Reid by 60 percent to 31 percent with 8 percent undecided.

Ohio

Fox News/Pulse Opinion Strategies, Sept. 11

Republican Rob Portman leads Democrat Lee Fisher in the Senate race by 48 percent to 41 percent with 3 percent preferring some other candidate and 8 percent undecided.

Republican John Kasich leads Democratic incumbent Ted Strickland by 48 percent to 43 percent in the governor's race with 4 percent preferring some other candidate and 5 percent undecided.

Rasmussen Reports, Sept. 13

Portman leads Fisher 49 percent to 41 percent with 2 percent preferring some other candidate and 8 percent undecided. Rasmussen changed its race rating for this contest from toss-up to "leans Republican."

Pennsylvania

Fox News/Pulse Opinion Strategies, Sept. 11

Republican Pat Toomey leads Democrat Joe Sestak in the Senate race by 47 percent to 41 percent with 4 percent preferring some other candidate and 7 percent undecided.

Republican Tom Corbett leads Democrat Dan Onorato by 50 percent to 40 percent in the governor's race with 5 percent preferring some other candidate and undecided.

The margin of error in the Fox polls was 3 points and in the Rasmussen surveys it was 4 points. The margin of error for Reuters/Ipsos was 4.6 points and 3.2 points for Daily Kos/Public Policy Polling. All the surveys were of likely voters.

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