New Polls Show Tight Race for Governor: Michaud and LePage Continue to Fight for Lead PORTLAND – A new public poll from conservative-leaning Rasmussen, which was in the field after the first two debates, continues to show a tight race between U.S. Rep. Michaud and Gov. Paul LePage. The poll, conducted Oct. 7-9 of 930 likely voters, shows Gov. LePage with 41 percent, Michaud with 40 percent and Eliot Cutler far behind at 16 percent. “All the polls to date have told the same story. Congressman Michaud is locked in a tight race with Gov. LePage to become Maine’s next governor,” said David Farmer, a senior adviser to the Michaud campaign. “After the first debates and big spending by all the campaigns and outside groups, the race remains a contest between Michaud and the governor. Michaud is the only candidate who can bring the change voters are looking for to Augusta.” A number of other polls released this week tell a similar story. A CBS/New York Times poll shows Michaud with 37 percent support, Gov. LePage with 35 percent and Cutler with 10 percent. Thirteen percent are undecided. The poll of 1,531 voters has a margin of error of 2.8 percent and was conducted Sept. 20 to Oct. 1. An internal poll released Thursday by the Michaud campaign shows Michaud with 41 percent, LePage with 39 percent and Cutler with 13 percent. The poll of 600 likely voters was conducted Oct. 6-8 and has a margin of error of 4 percent. A poll by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, conducted Oct. 5-7 of 605 likely voters, found Michaud with 43 percent, LePage with 39 percent and Cutler with 15 percent. A fourth poll, conducted 11 days ago but released Thursday by Pan Atlantic SMS Group, shows Gov. LePage with 39 percent, Michaud with 34 percent and Cutler trailing with 20 percent. Eight percent of respondents said they are undecided. The poll of 400 people was conducted Sept. 23-29 and has a margin of error of 4.9 percent. “The polls have been remarkably consistent for more than a year,” Farmer said. “The trend is very clear. We have a tight race between Congressman Michaud and Gov. LePage, and Cutler continues to trail significantly.” A Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Sept. 18-25 of 482 likely voters shows Michaud with 40 percent, LePage with 38 percent and Cutler with 12 percent. michaud2014/
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 21:40:00 +0000
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