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Poll: Handel and Ossoff Tied in Georgia House Race! (Georgia 6th district tied 47-47%)
Newsmax ^ | Tuesday, 13 Jun 2017 01:44 PM | By Jeffrey Rodack |

Posted on 06/13/2017 1:05:57 PM PDT by drewh

Republican Karen Handel and Democrat Jon Ossoff are tied — just one week before the runoff election in the hotly contested race for a House seat from Georgia, a new poll conducted for WXIA television in Atlanta revealed.

Here are the poll highlights:

Forty-seven percent support Handel and another 47 percent back Ossoff. Six percent are still undecided. Ninety-one percent of those who voted for President Donald Trump support Handel. Ninety-four percent of those who voted for Hillary Clinton back Ossoff. Ninety-seven percent of "very" conservative voters support Handel. "The findings underscore the fact that this race really comes down to turnout," said Emory political scientist Andra Gillespie. "Both campaigns need to get as many volunteers on the phones and out in neighborhoods reminding voters to turn out on Tuesday. The campaign that has the best organized get-out-the-vote operation will be the one who likely wins this race.

Three weeks ago, a similar poll showed Ossoff ahead by 7 points, the television station noted.

The new poll was conducted by Survey USA. Seven hundred registered voters were interviewed from June 7-11. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: 2017polls; ga2017; karenhandel; ossoff
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To: drewh

Polls said Hillary would win. Just saying

Go out and VOTE!


21 posted on 06/13/2017 2:05:02 PM PDT by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: GOPJ

Don’t get too cocky. Never underestimate the fraud machine. And I don’t mean Russia!


22 posted on 06/13/2017 2:05:25 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: drewh

When you get right down to it, Georgians aren’t going to vote for some sissy boy who doesn’t even live in their district.


23 posted on 06/13/2017 2:05:36 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW! BOYCOTT Mexico nba NFL PepsiCO Kellogg's)
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To: GilGil

Same old play. Put the Dem ahead by a few before the election as psyc ops to suppress and discourage GOP and motivate Dems. Then as Election Day come Polster must retain their credibility as this is their job.

Same,e size and mix of reg voters vs likely voter and is Dem/ GOP sample close to real mix - special elections like this have low turn out so likely voter is key vs. registered voter

Tied means Goo by 3-5 points. A win is a win, don’t care if it is only a field goal. Dems will declare victory as they kept it closer than District make up hints it would be


24 posted on 06/13/2017 2:06:48 PM PDT by Jimmy The Snake
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To: drewh

It will be surprising if Ossoff wins just because it has been Republican for so long...but if he does, it’ll be because of the the tons and tons of money sent into the campaign.

And the Democrats say they want to get money out of politics.

Except if it’ll help them win. :)


25 posted on 06/13/2017 2:09:06 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: bk1000

Not in GA the state polls did not have HRC ahead going into the election.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/ga/georgia_trump_vs_clinton-5741.html

Even the leftist AJC paper polling had DJT ahead in GA before the election.


26 posted on 06/13/2017 2:10:04 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: A_Former_Democrat

“When you get right down to it, Georgians aren’t going to vote for some sissy boy who doesn’t even live in their district.”

You wouldn’t think they would, but from the yard signs in north Fulton, that appears to no longer be the case. I think many would vote for a crap sandwich if it ran as a Democrat.


27 posted on 06/13/2017 2:10:36 PM PDT by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: bk1000

That 7% lead magically vanished in 3 weeks?
Now tied with a 4.5% margin of error?

Only 700 polled, not corrected for LIKELY voters?
Were an equal number of registered republicans and registered democrats polled?

Who answers unscreened calls from strangers?

But yeah, pretend it’s a tie, get a better turnout.


28 posted on 06/13/2017 2:11:11 PM PDT by ChuteTheMall (Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post):)
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To: ChuteTheMall

RCP average doesn’t have it tied though

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2017/house/ga/georgia_6th_district_runoff_election_handel_vs_ossoff-6202.html


29 posted on 06/13/2017 2:14:50 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: drewh

And how many millions have they set on fire for ossoff?

starting to pop a schadenboner


30 posted on 06/13/2017 2:18:49 PM PDT by Stopthethreat
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To: Jimmy The Snake

I’d like to see the poll internals. The pollsters are regularly giving democrats a D+ 10-13 points when in the last election in the states Trump carried it was more like an R+3.

Since this is a state Trump carried, this means Handel wins by 5-10% at minimum.


31 posted on 06/13/2017 2:21:06 PM PDT by GilGil (E. Deplorabus Unum)
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To: Parley Baer

Survey USA which performed this survey seems to lean towards Handel winning

http://www.surveyusa.com/index.php/2017/06/13/anyones-guess-what-might-happen-in-next-weeks-ga-06-special-election-the-older-the-electorate-the-better-for-handel-the-younger-the-electorate-the-better-for-ossoff-speaker-pe/


32 posted on 06/13/2017 2:46:25 PM PDT by JayGalt
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To: GilGil

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=4f6bc6cf-bdcf-4078-a04d-acce8bf9a086


33 posted on 06/13/2017 2:50:06 PM PDT by JayGalt
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To: drewh

Ossoff declined a debate on CNN last week, when early voting began. Perhaps his campaign could see from early voting that he didn’t need national exposure for a failed election.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/4/jon-ossoff-refused-debate-karen-handel-cnn/


34 posted on 06/13/2017 3:11:21 PM PDT by Atlantan
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To: Atlantan

Others seem to think that his campaign thought he was in too good of a position to risk being exposed on CNN. We’ll see next week!


35 posted on 06/13/2017 3:15:47 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: drewh

GOTV!!!


36 posted on 06/13/2017 3:17:46 PM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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To: drewh

The Democrats have built this up too much. A Handel win will be devastating to them. Normally nobody would pay attention to a GA house race.


37 posted on 06/13/2017 3:19:38 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: drewh

Voting map of Distrtict 6 April 18th primary.

http://www.ajc.com/news/gen-politics/how-the-district-run-off-election-june-might-look/bHzbRfuZIWN8jOUTOSnQmM/


38 posted on 06/13/2017 3:20:40 PM PDT by Atlantan
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To: snarkytart

Ossoff challenged Handel to six debates and then backs out of a debate on CNN. There was even a petition demanding Handel debate Ossoff.

http://www.11alive.com/news/politics/elections/ballot/race-to-replace-tom-price-petition-demands-handel-debate-ossoff/438179033


39 posted on 06/13/2017 3:31:29 PM PDT by Atlantan
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To: Atlantan

I’m not sure why he refused the CNN offer. I was just repeating what some on here thought could be the reason. This D6 race seems to be tight as a tick and could go either way depending on turnout. Again, we’ll see next week.


40 posted on 06/13/2017 3:37:56 PM PDT by snarkytart
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