Indiana

POL WATCHING

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

A new poll of likely Hoosier voters shows good news for Barack Obama, Mitch Daniels and Andre Carson. The survey conducted by Gauge Marketing Research for Howey Politics Indiana shows each candidate with comfortable leads over their respective challengers.

Obama leads Hilary Clinton amongst likely Democratic voters by 40-25 percent with 36 percent of the voters undecided.

Governor Mitch Daniels beats both Democratic challengers Jim Schellinger and Jill Long Thompson. Daniels beats Shellinger 54-31 percent and Thompson 56-33 percent.

Andre Carson beats Republican challenger Jon Elrod 54-36 percent. The two will face each other on March 11 in a special election.

What’s most interesting is that 38 percent of the voters surveyed say they plan to vote for both Obama and Daniels.

The survey was taken of 500 likely voters with 300 of them in the 7th Congressional District in mid-February.

The poll also showed that taxes are the biggest issue on the minds of voters. In addition it showed Daniels with a 52-percent approval rating across the state, but it was 54-percent in the 7th Congressional District.

The statewide poll had a margin of error of 4.5 percent and the 7th Congressional District race had a margin of error of 5.7 percent.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on February 25, 2008 (boomark / email).