A Public Opinion Strategies (R) poll, conducted 9/7 and 9/9 for Rep. Jim DeMint (R-04), surveyed 600 likely voters; margin of error +/- 4% (release, 9/10). Tested: DeMint and Educ. Supt. Inez Tenenbaum (D).

General Election Matchup      		WH '04 Matchup

            		Now 8'04                  	  Now 8'04

DeMint  		50%  50%        		Bush      54%  54%

Tenenbaum       	37      38 	       	Kerry     42   42

DK/Other    	13   12         		DK/Other   4    4

Who Is Best Described By Following Phrases        DeMint   Tenenbaum

Agrees W/Me On Issue Of Taxes                       41%       29%

Will Be More Effective At Creating New Jobs         47        31

Has Experience We Need In The Senate                51        27

From the polling memo: "The DSCC's month-long TV attacks on Jim DeMint have failed to move numbers for Inez Tenenbaum. ... A [Dem] candidate in the South who is behind by double digits with nothing to say on her own behalf is in serious trouble" (release, 9/10).