Here Are The Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #13713

Geography Surveyed: Kentucky
Data Collected: 04/12/2008 - 04/14/2008
Release Date: 04/15/2008 7:10 AM ET
Sponsors: WCPO-TV Cincinnati, WHAS-TV Louisville

5 Weeks to Democratic Primary for U.S. Senator from KY, Lunsford 5:1 Atop Nearest Challenger: In a Democratic Primary for United States Senator from Kentucky today, 04/15/08, 5 weeks until the votes are counted, businessman Bruce Lunsford's is now 5:1 atop his nearest challenger, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for WHAS-TV Louisville and WCPO-TV Cincinnati. Today, it's Lunsford 47%, businessman Greg Fischer 9%, frequent candidate David Williams 8%, and 4 others with 5% or less of the vote. Over the past two weeks, Lunsford's support has increased by 5 points; Fischer is up 3 points; Williams is down 3. Lunsford takes 36% of the Democratic vote in eastern Kentucky, 47% in the north central portion of the state, and 49% in both the Louisville area and western Kentucky. No other candidate takes more than 11% of the vote in any region. The winner of the 05/20/08 closed Democratic Primary advances to face incumbent Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader of the U.S. Senate, who is running for his 5th term.

Filtering: 1,600 state of KY adults were interviewed 04/12/08 through 04/14/08. Of them, 1,415 were registered to vote. Of them, 557 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely to vote in the 05/20/08 Primary.