Congressman Todd Akin is still leading his Missouri senatorial opponent, Claire McCaskill, in the race for her U.S. Senate seat, even after Akin’s offensive comments on rape. A new PPP poll taken yesterday finds the race has narrowed, with Akin in the lead 44% to 43%. As these Polltracker  images show, the PollTracker average now gives Akin a 4.3 point lead, down from his 8.7 points pre-rape comments average.
“But PPP’s takeaway is that Akin could still win this thing,” the Washington Post notes. “Whether he can survive the pressure from Republicans to drop out is a whole different question. While voters overwhelmingly disapprove of Akin’s foray into reproductive science, pollster Tom Jensen explains, ‘for many voters their dislike of McCaskill trumps their concerns about Akin’.â€
http://core.talkingpointsmemo.com/pt/charts/contest/mo-senator-12?f=%7B%22with_candidates%22%3A%5B%224e8b71050a30d83b5587bd52%22%2C%224e8b71050a30d83b5587beb1%22%5D%2C%22pollsters%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22new%22%3A1%2C%22candidates%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22methodology%22%3A%5B%22Internet%22%5D%2C%22r%22%3A%5B0%2C1%5D%2C%22population%22%3A%5B%5D%7D