Poll shows GOP incumbents with big leads in congressional races, but most voters still undecided in SupCourt race
Idaho’s GOP congressional incumbents have double-digit leads over their Democratic challengers, according to an Idaho Politics Weekly poll released today, but most Idahoans still haven’t decided between either of the candidates in the nonpartisan Idaho Supreme Court race.
The poll, conducted by Utah pollster Dan Jones & Associates, queried 602 likely Idaho voters from Aug. 18-31; it has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent. It found that Rupert attorney Robyn Brody was favored for the Idaho Supreme Court by 18 percent, while former state Sen. Curt McKenzie had 21 percent support. That difference is within the margin of error, so it’s essentially showing a dead heat between the two, who are in a runoff after being the top two vote-getters in a four-way primary in May. In the primary, Brody took 30.3 percent of the vote; McKenzie, 27.7 percent.
The poll found that 61 percent didn’t know who they would vote for between the two.
In Idaho’s only other contested statewide race on the November ballot, the poll found GOP Sen. Mike Crapo supported by 57 percent; Democratic challenger Jerry Sturgill preferred by 20 percent; and Constitution Party candidate Ray Writz by 4 percent. That’s a whopping 37-point lead for Crapo, but Sturgill said today, “It means that we’re still sneaking up on him.”
GOP Congressman Raul Labrador had support from 51 percent in the 1st Congressional District, where Democratic challenger James Piotrowski had 33 percent, and 16 percent were undecided. The margin of error in the 1st C.D. poll results was plus or minus 5.44 percent.
In the 2nd Congressional District, the poll showed GOP Congressman Mike Simpson with the highest support in the poll, at 65 percent; Democratic challenger Jennifer Martinez with 23 percent, and Constitution Party candidate Anthony Tomkins at 12 percent. In the 2nd C.D., the margin of error was plus or minus 6.02 percent. There’s more online here.
