McConnell Polling Under 50 vs. Both Lunsford and Fischer

No matter who Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has to face following next week’s hotly contested Kentucky Democratic Senate primary, he will start out the race polling below 50 percent against either Bruce Lunsford or Greg Fischer.

McConnell leads both candidates, but a new Lexington Herald-Leader-WKYT poll shows McConnell topping out at 48 percent against the pair, the same percentage of Kentucky voters that approve of the longtime senator’s job performance. A nearly equal 44 percent of Kentucky voters disapprove of McConnell.

McConnell leads two-time candidate for Governor Bruce Lunsford, 48 percent to 38 percent with 16 percent undecided.

Kentucky’s senior senator leads Louisville businessman, and blogosphere favorite, Fischer, 47 percent to 35 percent with 18 percent undecided.

Recent polls show Lunsford leads Fischer by nearly 20 percentage points going into next week’s primary but Fischer has been gaining quickly.