Posted on 08/30/2022 8:05:45 PM PDT by T Ruth
Trump-endorsed Republican candidate Herschel Walker has taken a two-point lead over incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) in the Georgia senate race, according to an Emerson College poll released Tuesday.
Walker’s two-point lead (46 to 44 percent) is within the margin of error, but it is a positive sign for the Republicans’ chances of retaking the Senate in November.
The poll was taken August 28-29, before President Joe Biden announced student debt transfer to the taxpayer. The poll sampled 600 general election voters with a 3.9-point margin of error.
In April Emerson polling showed Walker with a four-point lead.
Overall, seven percent of voters were undecided, and four percent were supporters of someone else. Fifty-three percent of respondents said they expect Warnock to win the race. Forty-seven expected Walker to be victorious.
The poll also found, perhaps expectedly, that Walker leads Warnock among rural voters, while Warnock leads Walker among urban voters.
“Walker leads Warnock among rural voters 58% to 24% while Warnock leads Walker 66% to 25% among urban voters. In the suburbs, voters are breaking for Walker by a nine-point margin, 50% to 41%,” Spencer Kimball, Executive Director of Emerson College Polling, said.
Warnock has taken heat in the past few weeks for enriching himself in the Senate — nearly doubling his income. Warnock’s income increased from $221,602 before the 2020 election to $532,781 in 2021, the Washington Free Beacon reported. …
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Ruby Freeman can be seen warming up in the bullpen...
Should be easy to beat Warnock.
Is Stacy Abrams in the mix or is that another state?
“Should be easy to beat Warnock.”
Trump haters don’t want a Walker win.
They want a Warnock win so they can throw Trump under the bus and catch a ride with DeSantis.
Mayor Daley
only 550k?
raphael, call AOC she will hook you up
she’s GA
This race isn’t Georgia?
Don’t know if Georgia is using Dominion machines. If yes, then a 2 point lead by NOV can be easily “defeated”.
Very encouraging!
Yes, it is.
Senate race, not governor.
I would love to see the Warlock lose.
How can a football superhero lose to a warloc? Something smells in Atlanta!
Two percent is not enough to offset the democrat fraud machine.
"If Republicans can't win by a large enough margin to overcome fraud, they deserve to lose""Democrats never lose close elections"Mayor Daley
Former Democrat Fox News contributor whose name escapes me.
Hallelujah!
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