Is Carly Fiorina "closing in" on Senator Barbara Boxer in California? That's the conclusion some draw from a new Reuters/Ipsos poll in California, although its small sample size prevents a definitive answer. Elsewhere yesterday's new Senate surveys confirm a close race in Nevada, a narrow Democratic advantage in Washington and a Republican lead in Missouri that may be closer than many assume.
The new Reuters/Ipsos California survey, released over the weekend but actually fielded in the middle of last week, shows Democrat Boxer at 46% and Republican Fiorina at 45%. Ten days earlier, Ipsos gave Boxer a four-point lead (49% to 45%), but both surveys involve samples of fewer than 500 interviews. As such, the apparent three-point decline in Boxer's support is not large enough to attain statistical significance -- it falls well within the more than four-point margin of error for each Ipsos poll.
Why do some people like Fiorina? If you do please let me know. I MUST be missing something.