A new poll released by prominent polling firm National Research Inc. shows the race the race for United States Senate in New Jersey is currently within the margin of error.
According to the survey of 600 likely voters conducted between August 13-15, Republican Curtis Bashaw trails Democrat Andy Kim by 5 points, 33%-38%. This spread is almost identical to the generic ballot, where the generic Republican trails the generic Democrat by 4 points, 41%-45%. Both of these spreads are within the poll's margin of error of +/-4%.
In a memo to interested parties, highly-regarded pollster Adam Geller said, "Congressman Kim's record of supporting far left organizations and legislation is out of the mainstream of most New Jerseyans - including most moderate, middle class Democrats."
Geller pointed to Kim’s position of well below 50% on the ballot test saying, "Andy Kim is the weakest Democrat of any major U.S. Senate race taking place this year. Because Kim is relatively unknown in a large state with very expensive media markets, he is likely far easier to defeat than popular multi-term Democratic incumbents or better-known Democratic figures in supposedly better states for Republicans.”
