New Polling Good News for Bailey, Salvi, Brady
Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) speaks to the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board last month. Behind him are candidates Richard Irvin and Jesse Sullivan. (Photo: Chicago Tribune)
GOP polling firm Ogden & Fry released a poll Tuesday that gives some interesting insight into some statewide GOP races.
We received a copy of the poll late last night.
What O&F did in this poll that we haven’t seen from other polling thus far is force undecided voters to give their choice if the election were held today.
In the GOP race for Governor, Darren Bailey leads Richard Irvin 31%-17%. Jesse Sullivan is 3rd at 11%. But when undecided voters are forced to choose, Bailey jumps to 40%, Irvin to 24%, and Sullivan to 17%.
In the poll for U.S. Senate, Kathy Salvi’s lead has grown to 17% to 8% over Peggy Hubbard with 62% undecided. When undecideds were forced to choose, Salvi’s support jumped to 39%. Hubbard only went up to around 18%.
The same goes for Secretary of State. Rep. Dan Brady (R-Bloomington) leads former U.S. Attorney John Milhiser 32%-17% with 51% undecided. When undecideds are forced to choose, Brady goes up 65%-35%.
The only race where undecides flip the result is Attorney General. Steve Kim leads Tom DeVore 25%-21% with about 45% of voters undecided. After undecideds choose a candidate, DeVore takes a small lead, 41.1% to 40.6%. This could be the race to watch on election night.
Here are portions of the Ogden & Fry poll: