Eye on the Senate: Poll Has Castle Trouncing Biden in Delaware

May 5, 2009 2:41 PM | | Comments (0)

A new poll shows Republican Rep. Michael N. Castle with a strong lead over Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden in a possible Senate matchup.

In the poll, conducted by Susquehanna Polling and Research, respondents chose Castle by a margin of 21 percent. The GOP incumbent polled 55 percent to Biden's 34 percent, with 8 percent indicated they are undecided.

Among Republicans, Castle leads Biden by a margin of 82 percent to 12 percent and among independents he leads 55 percent to 28 percent. Biden, the son of Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., leads among Democrats 52 percent to 36 percent.

Beau Biden is currently serving in Iraq with the Army National Guard, which he joined in 2003.

Possibly indicating Castle's strong support among non-GOP voters, the poll also showed that President Obama maintains a 62 percent approval rating in the First State.

The poll of 500 registered voters in Delaware was conducted between April 27 -30, and has a 4.3 percent margin of error.

CQ Politics rates the race "Democrat favored."

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