Oxendine vs. Handel or Deal in Runoff According to New Poll

With one month until votes are counted in the Georgia Primary, a new conducted exclusively for WXIA-TV and V103-FM in Atlanta finds several major points in the Georgia state primary landscape. In the Republican primary for Governor, state Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine is positioned for a runoff against former Secretary of State Karen Handel or Former US Rep. Nathan Deal. On the Democratic side of the ticket, former Gov. Roy Barnes is poised to coast into the November general eleciton by capturing 2/3 of the vote in the July 20 primary.

In the Democratic primary for US Senate, Michael Thurmond is expected to advance to the November election against Republican incumbent Johnny Isakson.

The Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor appears to show Carol Porter, wife of gubernatoral candidate DuBose Porter, with a 2-to-1 margin over challenger Tricia Carpenter McCracken. The winner in that race will go up against GOP incumbent Casey Cagle in November.

The Republican race for state School Superintent looks like a neck-and-neck race between school system administrator John Barge and school administrator Richard Woods. In the Democratic primary, businessman Joe Martin is well ahead against his challengers, but he could face a runoff after the primary against teacher Brian Westlake or university administrator Beth Farokhi.

SurveyUSA interviewed 3,500 Georgia adults between June 14 and June 17 for the survey. Of those surveyed, 3,009 were registered to vote. And of those who were registered, SurveyUSA said they had been able to determine that 787 either had already voted or planned to vote in the July 20 Republican primary, and 501 had either voted or planned to voe in the Democratic primary on the same date.

Early voting began across the state of Georgia on June 7.

In the questions listed below, clicking the individual questions will bring up a pie chart, visually showing the results for that question.

 

 

1	Asked of 787 likely & actual voters
	Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 3.6%

If the Republican primary for Governor were today, who would you vote for? Jeff Chapman? Nathan Deal? Karen Handel? Eric Johnson? Ray McBerry? John Oxendine? Or Otis Putnam? [CLICK HERE to view pie chart with results]

4%	Chapman
17%	Deal
18%	Handel
6%	Johnson
3%	McBerry
34%	Oxendine
1%	Putnam
17%	Undecided

 

2	Asked of 501 likely & actual voters
	Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 4.3%

If the Democratic primary for Governor were today, who would you vote for? Thurbert Baker? Roy Barnes? Bill Bolton? Carl Camon? Randal Mangham? DuBose Porter? Or David Poythress? [CLICK HERE to view pie chart with results]

13%	Baker
63%	Barnes
1%	Bolton
1%	Camon
1%	Mangham
4%	Porter
5%	Poythress
11%	Undecided

 

3	Asked of 501 likely & actual voters
	Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 4.2%

Georgia Democrats will also hold a primary for United States Senate. If the Democratic primary for US Senate were today, who would you vote for? R.J. Hadley? Or Michael Thurmond? [CLICK HERE to view pie chart with results]

11%	Hadley
68%	Thurmond
22%	Undecided

 

4	Asked of 501 likely & actual voters
	Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 4.5%

Georgia Democrats will also hold a primary for Lieutenant Governor. If the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor were today, who would you vote for? Tricia Carpenter McCracken? Or Carol Porter? [CLICK HERE to view pie chart with results]

24%	McCracken
48%	Porter
28%	Undecided

 

5	Asked of 787 likely & actual voters
	Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 3.6%

Georgia Republicans will also hold a primary for School Superintendent. If the Republican primary for School Superintendent were today, who would you vote for? John Barge? Or Richard Woods? [CLICK HERE to view pie chart with results]

28%	Barge
33%	Woods
38%	Undecided

 

6	Asked of 501 likely & actual voters
	Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 4.5%

Georgia Democrats will also hold a primary for School Superintendent. If the Democratic primary for School Superintendent were today, who would you vote for? Beth Farokhi? Joe Martin? Or Brian Westlake? [CLICK HERE to view pie chart with results]

13%	Farokhi
40%	Martin
17%	Westlake
30%	Undecided

 

7	Asked of 1516 likely & actual voters
	Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 2.6%

Which one of these issues has the greatest overall impact on your votes in the primary? Jobs? State budget cuts? Education? Water supply issues? Transportation? Ethics in state politics? Immigration? Crime? Health Care? The oil spill? Or some other issue? [CLICK HERE to view pie chart with results]

36%	Jobs
9%	State Budget Cuts
19%	Education
2%	Water Supply
1%	Transportation
9%	Ethics
9%	Immigration
1%	Crime
7%	Health Care
1%	Oil Spill
2%	Other
3%	Not Sure

 

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