Rand Paul Leads in Primary Poll...By A Lot!

[Adam Weinberg]

Five months to go until the primary, but you can't argue that a gap like this means something substantial.

Anyone who wants to place bets against the GOP candidate in Kentucky in 2010 can be my guest.

Paul takes big lead in GOP primary

In the contest to be the Republican Senate nominee from Kentucky anti-establishment candidate Rand Paul holds a large lead over Secretary of State Trey Grayson in Public Policy Polling’s first look at the race. Paul is up 44-25 on Grayson. 39% of likely primary voters have a favorable opinion of him to 13% unfavorable while 22% view Grayson positively to 15% unfavorable.

Paul is winning the votes of conservatives by a 47-20 margin, while Grayson holds a 36-34 lead with moderates. Paul is having a particularly good amount of success with folks who think that the Republican Party in Washington has become too liberal- his lead with them is 54-18. Paul’s support is universal across demographic lines, as he is up with men, women, voters in every region of the state, and every group of the GOP electorate broken down by age.

More figures at this link:

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_KY_1222.pdf

By the way, I know this is about ten days old, but I really haven't had time to check in on this race since then, and I imagine many of you haven't either.