Results of SurveyUSA Election Poll #12883
 
No Traction for KY Governor Fletcher as Campaign Moves into Final Week: In an election for Governor of Kentucky today, 10/30/07, one week to the vote, Democrats remain as they have been for 5 months, poised for a take-away in the Kentucky Governor's contest. The Democratic ticket of Steve Beshear and Dan Mongiardo is at 60%, the incumbent Republican ticket of Ernie Fletcher and Robbie Rudolph is at 36%. Results are almost identical to a SurveyUSA poll released in July, which also had Fletcher at 36%. In 7 SurveyUSA tracking polls released since May, Fletcher has never polled above 40%, Beshear has never polled lower than 56%. Beshear today leads by 38 points among women. 1,000 KY adults were interviewed by SurveyUSA 10/27/07 through 10/29/07. Of them, 915 were registered to vote. Of them, 562 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely to vote.
 
If the election for Governor were today, would you vote for the .... Republican ticket of Ernie Fletcher and Robbie Rudolph? Or, the Democratic ticket of Steve Beshear and Dan Mongiardo?
562 Likely VotersAllGenderRaceVote On Casinos?Amend ConstitutiParty AffiliationIdeologyRegionAge<50 / 50+Generation
Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.1%MaleFemaleWhiteBlackHispanicOtherHold VotNo VoteAmend KeLeave CoRepublicDemocratIndependConservaModerateLiberalWestern LouisvilNorth CeEastern 18-3435-4950-6465+18-4950+Gen YGen XJonesBoomersMature
Fletcher / Rudolph (R)36%43%29%38%6%****31%61%24%51%70%15%36%68%23%6%35%37%39%31%27%45%35%35%38%35%18%41%40%37%34%
Beshear / Mongiardo (D)60%54%67%59%90%****66%35%74%45%28%83%59%29%74%93%61%61%57%67%71%51%61%63%59%62%82%54%57%59%63%
Undecided3%2%4%3%4%****3%5%2%4%3%2%6%4%3%1%3%2%5%3%3%4%4%2%4%3%0%6%3%4%2%
Total100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%
Composition of Likely Voters100%52%48%91%6%1%2%82%14%49%46%37%54%7%34%37%13%21%29%34%16%21%31%30%18%52%48%10%25%26%23%16%
 
 
** Too few respondents of this type were interviewed for this data to be meaningful.