Poll: Chambliss way ahead of Martin, Buckley
September 18, 2008 at 2:04 pm by Thomas Wheatley in NewsA new poll from 11Alive shows U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss with a strong lead over Jim Martin and Allen Buckley, his respective Democratic and Libertarian opponents in the race.
From the home of the late and legendary Guy Sharpe:
Incumbent Republican US Senator Saxby Chambliss has a comfortable lead over Democratic challenger Jim Martin and Libertarian Allen Buckley. If the election were held today, Chambliss would defeat Martin and Buckley, 53 percent to 36 percent and 8 percent, respectively. While Buckley’s overall polling total was comparatively low, according to the polling data, the third party candidate would receive 22 percent of the vote from independents, 11 percent from those under 50, and 24 percent from those who rarely go to church. The data suggests that Buckley’s votes would come primarily from Martin as opposed to Chambliss.
The last sentence is interesting. Libertarians think they could have a chance to swipe some votes from Chambliss’ base. This poll suggests that’s unlikely.
September 18th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Libertarian senate candidate Allen Buckley is polling at 8%!?
I guess the radio ads worked. Any additional poll data, sample size, poll duration, etc.
September 18th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
From the article linked above:
More information is listed there, Von Drake.