Survey USA: governor’s race in Georgia is still tied

No matter what they do – debate, advertise, accuse each other of ethics violations or immaturity, the two Georgia gubeatorial candidates, Democrat Jason Carter and Republican Gov. Nathan Deal, just can’t get ahead in this race.

A new poll of 563 likely Georgia voters by Survey USA for 11Alive News shows Carter and Deal both with 46 percent of the vote. The survey found 4 percent undecided and 4 percent choosing Libertarian Andrew Hunt. The margin of error is +/- 4.2 percent.

The tabs don’t show much change, even after the Oct. 7^th debate where Carter came out weaker than his experienced opponent. The brief but awkward exchange during the debate about Deal’s ethics investigation was apparently enough to make up for Carter’s obvious lack of detailed outline on how to resolve Georgia’s problems.

The Survey USA poll still shows Carter with more support among women – 48 percent to Deal’s 42, but the Hispanic support switched around since last survey by this pollster in late September, and now the group prefers Carter 53 percent to Deal’s 35.  The Hispanic and women’s vote alone could very well hand over this race to the Democrat.

The independent vote still goes to Deal by 40 percent to 37, but that’s another tuaround for Carter. In the Survey USA poll from September 22^nd, Carter was trailing Deal among independents 31 percent to 48.  Click here to view all the tabs.

The general election is coming up in less than three weeks on Nov. 4^th. If no one reaches more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two candidates will meet in a runoff on Dec. 2^nd.