Indiana

G.O.P. In G.O.O.D. Mood

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

Indiana Republicans are hailing a new poll of 1,000 likely voters showing incumbent Governor Mitch Daniels with a 14-point lead over Democratic challenger Jill Long Thompson. Here are some of the highlights…

• Daniels leads JLT 50-36 percent.
• Daniels’ approval rating is 55-33 percent. JLT’s is 31-17 .
• Daniels leads JLT 47-40 amongst voters who voted for the first time in 2008 Democratic primary.
• 49 percent of Hoosiers say the state is on the right track, compared to 31 percent who say it isn’t.
• Both candidates are competitive with female voters.
• Only 60 percent of Democratic voters say they will vote for JLT in November.

The poll was conducted by Bellwether Research and Consulting between June 22-29. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent.

My own thoughts on this is that while you never put out a poll that doesn’t work for you, it does show that JLT has a lot of work to do to reach beyond her core base of the 30-35 percent of the voters who just can’t stand Mitch Daniels.

And while November is still a long way off, for every day JLT does not move ahead, she ends up further behind.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on July 03, 2008 (boomark / email).