Sunday, July 31, 2011

Bluegrass Poll Shows Beshear With Commanding Lead

  • {Kentucky}...According to the latest Bluegrass Poll conducted by SurveyUSA, Governor Steve Beshear holds a commanding 24-point lead over his challenger, Senate President David Williams, in Kentucky's governor's race. The poll found that Beshear leads Williams 52 percent to 28 percent and that the incumbent governor is ahead in all but three demographic areas. Independent Gatewood Galbraith is a distant third with 9 percent of the vote. The poll is based on computerized and live telephone interviews carried out from July 22nd - to 27th. It includes the responses of 512 likely voters in the November 8th governor's race and has a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points.