Here Are The Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #10090

Geography Surveyed: District of Columbia
Data Collected: 08/26/2006 - 08/28/2006
Release Date: 08/29/2006 10:45 AM ET
Sponsor: WUSA-TV Washington, DC

Cropp Gains Ground on Fenty in D.C. Mayoral Primary: In a Democratic Primary for Mayor of Washington, DC today, 8/29/06, Adrian Fenty leads Linda Cropp 45% to 35%, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for WUSA-TV Washington, DC. Compared to an identical SurveyUSA WUSA-TV poll 2 weeks ago, Fenty has lost 3 points and Cropp has gained 8 points. Fenty had led by 21, now leads by only 10. Fenty leads by 4 points among African-American voters and by 20 points among White voters. Cropp's gains have come from conservatives and moderates. Among conservatives, she had trailed by 33, now leads by 9. Among moderates, she had trailed by 13, now leads by 5. Liberals continue to support Fenty: he leads this group by 23 points, compared with 25 points 2 weeks ago. None of the other five candidates gets more than 9% of the votes. 2 weeks to the 9/12/06 Primary, only 4% of likely voters are undecided. The winner of the Democratic Primary will be heavily favored in the 11/7/06 general election.

Filtering: 1,200 District of Columbia adults were interviewed 8/26/06 - 8/28/06. Of them, 926 were registered to vote. Of them, 710 were Democrats. Of them, 473 were judged to be "likely voters." Crosstabs reflect Likely Democratic Primary Voters.