| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #13712 |
| 3 Weeks to Indiana Democratic Gubernatorial Primary, Long Thompson Has Momentum: In a Democratic Primary for Governor of Indiana today, 04/14/08, 3 weeks till votes are counted, Jill Long Thompson pulls ahead of Jim Schellinger and leads now by 8 points, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for WHAS-TV Louisville KY and WCPO-TV Cincinnati OH. Today, it's Long Thompson 46%, Schellinger 38%. Compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll released two weeks ago, Long Thompson is up 7, Schellinger is down 3. Long Thompson, who represented Indiana's 4th Congressional District from 1988 through 1994, has made inroads among men, where Indianapolis architect Schellinger had led by 21, now leads by 5. Among women, Long Thompson had led by 13, now leads by 20. In greater Indianapolis, Schellinger had led by 9, now leads by 3. In Southern Indiana, Schellinger had led by 22, now is tied. Among white voters, Schellinger had led by 3, now trails by 5. The winner of the primary will face incumbent Republican Governor Mitch Daniels. 16% of likely voters are undecided. The outcome is anything but certain. |
| Filtering: 1,600 state of Indiana adults were interviewed 04/11/08 through 04/13/08. Of them, 1,386 were registered to vote. Of them, 571 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely to vote on or before the 05/06/08 Democratic Primary. |
 | If the Democratic Primary for Governor were today, would you vote for ... (names rotated) Jim Schellinger? Or, Jill Long Thompson? |
| 571 Likely Voters | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Attend Religious Service | Abortion | Change Your Mind | Top Issue For Next President | Region | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.2% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | < Obama | > McCain | > In Bet | White | Black | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Regularl | Occasion | Almost N | Pro-life | Pro-choi | Could Ch | Mind Mad | Economy | Environm | Health C | Iraq | Terroris | Social S | Educatio | Immigrat | N IN | Central | Indianap | S IN | |
| Schellinger | 38% | 46% | 31% | 43% | 37% | 35% | 40% | 39% | 37% | 36% | 37% | 40% | 40% | 27% | 54% | 34% | 46% | 44% | 39% | 40% | 38% | 37% | 40% | 42% | 37% | 39% | 38% | 40% | ** | 37% | 35% | ** | ** | ** | 34% | 33% | 42% | 40% | 41% |
| Long Thompson | 46% | 41% | 51% | 34% | 49% | 51% | 46% | 43% | 49% | 45% | 51% | 46% | 45% | 53% | 23% | 52% | 36% | 40% | 49% | 47% | 47% | 48% | 41% | 42% | 49% | 42% | 47% | 43% | ** | 52% | 47% | ** | ** | ** | 56% | 56% | 44% | 37% | 41% |
| Undecided | 16% | 14% | 18% | 23% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 18% | 14% | 19% | 12% | 14% | 15% | 20% | 23% | 14% | 18% | 16% | 13% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 19% | 16% | 14% | 19% | 15% | 17% | ** | 11% | 18% | ** | ** | ** | 10% | 11% | 14% | 24% | 18% |
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| Composition of Likely Voters | 100% | 48% | 52% | 20% | 31% | 28% | 21% | 51% | 49% | 41% | 12% | 47% | 86% | 11% | 11% | 72% | 15% | 15% | 49% | 21% | 45% | 30% | 26% | 36% | 61% | 24% | 75% | 48% | 3% | 13% | 16% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 36% | 17% | 22% | 25% |