Update to an earlier report: This article includes new information about a story we previously covered. Read our earlier report.
Jon Ossoff leads Mike Collins by 6.9 points in Georgia’s U.S. Senate race, according to a new statewide poll, while the contests for governor and lieutenant governor are much closer. The survey places both down-ballot races within its reported margin of error.
Quantus Insights surveyed 755 likely voters statewide from Oct. 15–17, as early voting was underway. The poll reports a 3.8% margin of error. It found Ossoff ahead of Republican U.S. Rep. Collins, 51.8% to 44.9%, with 2.9% undecided.
The results varied by age and gender. Women favored Ossoff 56% to 40%, while men backed Collins 51% to 47%. Voters younger than 30 favored Ossoff by 41 points; voters 65 and older favored Collins by nine. Independents, who accounted for a quarter of the poll sample, supported Ossoff 56% to 35%.
In the governor’s race to succeed Brian Kemp, Republican Rick Jackson was 1.6 points ahead of Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms, with 4.5% undecided. Quantus described the contest as a statistical tie. When undecided voters were asked to lean toward a candidate, the poll put Jackson at 49.0% and Bottoms at 47.5%, with the narrow margin unchanged.
Women in the survey favored Bottoms 50% to 44%, while men favored Jackson 54% to 43%. Jackson led by three points in the suburbs. Among Black voters, Bottoms had 82% support and Jackson 10%.
The lieutenant governor poll showed Republican state Sen. Greg Dolezal ahead of Democratic state Sen. Josh McLaurin, 47.3% to 46.6%; 6.1% were undecided. Independents favored Dolezal 48% to 43%, and he led by six points in the suburbs, where 10% remained undecided. The poll described the Atlanta market as effectively even.
These figures reflect a survey, not election results. The reported governor and lieutenant governor leads are smaller than the poll’s stated margin of error.
Yolonda Harris
News Now Georgia
