Rasmussen: Raese 50%, Manchin 43%

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1:45 PM, Oct 20, 2010 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

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Last week, Rasmussen showed Republican John Raese with a 3-point lead over Democratic Governor Joe Manchin in the West Virginia Senate race (49% to 46%). Now, Rasmussen shows a 7-point lead for Raese:

The West Virginia race now shifts back from a Toss-Up to Leans Republican in the Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Senate Balance of Power rankings.

Yet 69% of the state’s voters approve of the job Manchin is doing as governor, and he remains more popular overall than his GOP opponent. A big problem for Manchin, however, is that only 30% of West Virginia voters approve of how President Obama is doing his job, while 69% disapprove, well below the president’s job approval ratings nationally in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll. Support for repeal of the new health care law in West Virginia is the highest in the nation.