After a week-long firestorm surrounding his comments about "legitimate rape," Rep. Todd Akin's (R-MO) campaign suffered another blow this weekend as a new poll of the Missouri Senate race found him now trailing Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) by nine percentage points.
One month ago, the same pollster showed Akin with a five point lead in his bid to unseat McCaskill, meaning he has slipped nearly 15 points overall in the last month, with most of that likely attributable to the fallout from his remarks that were almost universally criticized by politicians and pundits from both parties.
According to the poll, which was conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, McCaskill now leads 50 to 41 among likely voters. Late last month, before the Republican primary, Akin led a hypothetical matchup with McCaskill 49-44.
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