AP: Poll: DeStefano lead over Malloy widens, Rell remains strong

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AP: Poll: DeStefano lead over Malloy widens, Rell remains strong

The Associated Press July 20, 2006

By Susan Haigh

New Haven - Mayor John DeStefano widened his lead over Democratic gubernatorial rival and Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy in a new poll released Thursday.

Among likely primary voters in the latest Quinnipiac University poll, DeStefano bests Malloy 52 percent to 32 percent, with 14 percent undecided. That's compared with a June 8 poll that showed DeStefano winning 46 percent to 35 percent. The primary is Aug. 8.

The poll also shows that Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell maintains high approval ratings and would easily defeat either DeStefano or Malloy in November.

Seventy-four percent of registered voters approve of the job Rell is doing. That's down slightly from 75 percent last month.

The rating "puts her in great shape regardless of who she is running against," said Douglas Schwartz, director of the poll.

Schwartz credited DeStefano's lead to television ads that have been running for about a month. Malloy, who narrowly won the Democratic nomination at the state convention in May, recently began running his first TV spot.

Schwartz said that while Malloy faces "an uphill battle," DeStefano is not a shoo-in.

"There's still plenty of movement in this race," Schwartz said.

DeStefano's campaign took the latest poll numbers as a positive sign.

"It's clear John's message of fighting for working families is resonating with voters," said Derek Slap, the campaign's communications director.

Chris Cooney, Malloy's campaign manager, said the poll show there has been no significant change in the primary.

"And it highlights what we've been saying all along - polls change and come and go," he said.

Cooney said Malloy has a strategy for "a very intense and highly focused" paid media campaign, including television ads and direct mail. He said DeStefano chose to spend a lot of money on TV earlier this summer, while Cooney said Malloy's campaign believes many primary voters are just starting to focus on the race.

The telephone survey of 2,502 registered voters, 653 of them likely Democratic voters, was conducted July 13-18. The margin of error for the overall survey was plus or minus 2 percentage points. The margin of error for likely Democratic voters was plus or minus 4 percentage points.