Conservative Yankee Institute poll: Obama beats Romney by 13 points; Malloy approval at 51 percent

The Yankee Institute’s poll of 500 “likely” Connecticut voters has found that President Obama would defeat Mitt Romney 50-37 percent; US Rep. Chris Murphy has a 49-40 percent edge over Republican Linda McMahon in a US Senate scenario, while Chris Shays would lose to Murphy by 45-39 percent.

The poll, released in the Capitol a few minutes ago, pegs Gov. Dannel Malloy’s approval rating at 51 percent. The margin of error in the small sampling is plus or minus 4.5 percent.