Lt. Governor’s Race — October 2016
October 31, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Our poll also looked at the back-and-forth race for lieutenant governor:
If the election for Lieutenant Governor were being held today and you had to make a choice, for whom would you vote?
5/16 9/16 10/16
36% 35% 37% Dan Forest, the Republican,
36% 39% 32% Linda Coleman, the Democrat,
3% 4% 9% …or Jackie Cole*, the Libertarian?
24% 21% 17% Lean/Undecided
* Jackie Cole replaced J. J. Summerell on the ballot; May numbers are for J.J. Summerell
For more on this question and the rest of the poll, click here.
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