U.S. Rep. Paul Broun is still up in the polls, but his margin of victory has shrunk to just 55 percent.

It looks like Broun is going to win in July and again in November, but I’m having a hard time swallowing a 55-point victory. Broun’s campaign released another internal poll today saying 68 percent of voters preferred him over Republican challenger Barry Fleming, who garnered just 13 percent. That’s a 3 percent drop for Broun and a two-point pickup for Fleming since the last internal poll Team Broun released a couple months ago.

Paul Broun is a lock to win a second term in Congress, according to a new poll.

The poll was commissioned by Broun’s campaign and has a rather high margin of error of 5 percent, so take it with a grain of salt. But it's not the Worst ... Poll ... in the Woooorld. It was done by the Tarrance Group, a very reputable firm that polled for Charlie Norwood, Jim Whitehead and Max Burns, and its results are, frankly, shocking.

The poll of 400 10th District residents, conducted last Tuesday and Wednesday, shows Broun with 71 percent support, dominating GOP opponents Nancy Schaefer and Barry Fleming, who each polled 11 percent. Seven percent were undecided.

“I think we can pull away,” Broun said Tuesday at a press conference in Athens.

Among the highlights:

• Broun has 94 percent name recognition.

• 75 percent approve of his performance and 10 percent disapprove