| Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #13893 |
| Eleven Weeks From Missouri GOP Governor Primary, Few Focused on Contest: In a Republican primary for Missouri governor held today, 05/20/08, "Undecided" outpolls each of the candidates on the ballot, according to this SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for KCTV in Kansas City and KSDK-TV in St. Louis. Kenny Hulshof, who represents Missouri's 9th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives, finishes first among the named candidates with 29% of the vote; State Treasurer Sarah Steelman is 4 points back, within the poll's margin of sampling error, at 25%. Scott Long, a teacher from southern Missouri, takes 10%; Jen Sievers, a candidate in the past two gubernatorial elections, takes 4%. 32% of likely voters are undecided. Among men, Hulshof leads Steelman by 11 points; among women, Steelman leads Hulshof by 4 -- a 15 point gender gap. Among those who consider themselves Republicans, Hulshof leads by 10; Steelman leads by 17 among Independents. Missouri does not register voters by party affiliation, and the primary is open. In Northern Missouri, Hulshof leads Steelman by 19; in greater St. Louis, by 29. In Southwestern Missouri, Steelman leads Hulshof by 19; in Southeastern Missouri, by 12. In greater Kansas City, Steelman and Long each lead Hulshof by 16. |
| Filtering: SurveyUSA interviewed 2,050 Missouri adults 05/16/08 through 05/18/08. Of the adults, 1,857 were registered to vote. Of the registered voters, 400 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely voters in the 08/05/08 Republican Primary for Governor. |
 | If the Republican primary for Governor were today, who would you vote for (names rotated)... Kenny Hulshof? Scott Long? Jen Sievers? Or, Sarah Steelman? |
| 400 Likely GOP Primary Voters | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Attend Religious Service | Abortion | Change Your Mind | Top Issue For Next President | Photo ID To Vote | Region | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 5% | 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 | Require | No ID | Northern | Kansas C | Southwes | St. Loui | Southeas | |
| Hulshof | 29% | 31% | 27% | 28% | 23% | 29% | 39% | 25% | 34% | 25% | 37% | 31% | 29% | ** | 32% | ** | 21% | 32% | 33% | ** | 30% | 31% | 26% | 31% | 29% | 17% | 34% | 30% | ** | 33% | 22% | 36% | ** | ** | 35% | 28% | 36% | 48% | 8% | 15% | 42% | 17% |
| Long | 10% | 13% | 6% | 13% | 10% | 10% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 12% | 9% | 8% | 9% | ** | 12% | ** | 6% | 10% | 9% | ** | 10% | 9% | 12% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 9% | 11% | ** | 7% | 11% | 9% | ** | ** | 10% | 10% | 9% | 4% | 24% | 9% | 6% | 16% |
| Sievers | 4% | 4% | 5% | 9% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 5% | ** | 3% | ** | 7% | 3% | 2% | ** | 4% | 3% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 5% | ** | 12% | 2% | 3% | ** | ** | 0% | 4% | 7% | 2% | 8% | 2% | 7% | 2% |
| Steelman | 25% | 20% | 31% | 20% | 22% | 28% | 27% | 21% | 28% | 19% | 27% | 29% | 25% | ** | 22% | ** | 38% | 23% | 25% | ** | 23% | 24% | 28% | 24% | 26% | 24% | 25% | 23% | ** | 31% | 26% | 20% | ** | ** | 27% | 24% | 26% | 29% | 24% | 34% | 13% | 29% |
| Undecided | 32% | 32% | 32% | 30% | 43% | 27% | 24% | 38% | 25% | 39% | 25% | 27% | 33% | ** | 31% | ** | 28% | 32% | 31% | ** | 33% | 33% | 27% | 32% | 29% | 40% | 27% | 32% | ** | 16% | 38% | 32% | ** | ** | 28% | 34% | 22% | 17% | 37% | 40% | 31% | 35% |
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| Composition of Likely GOP Primary Voters | 100% | 60% | 40% | 18% | 33% | 27% | 22% | 51% | 49% | 42% | 13% | 44% | 94% | 3% | 74% | 5% | 17% | 63% | 22% | 4% | 63% | 21% | 15% | 69% | 29% | 22% | 75% | 42% | 1% | 7% | 5% | 17% | 4% | 0% | 13% | 77% | 23% | 19% | 14% | 23% | 32% | 12% |