With a little more than two weeks left until the general election, a new poll finds that democratic nominee Muriel Bowser is currently leading independent nominee David Catania by 12 percentage points.
The poll, which was commissioned by Economic Growth D.C., surveyed 800 likely voters between Thursday and Sunday, and found Bowser in the lead by 45 percent support, Catania in second with 33 percent, and independent candidate Carol Schwartz with 12 percent support. Seven percent of those surveyed said they were undecided.
“Bowser has extended her lead to 12 [percent] from 8 [percent] in our first poll which was published October 1,” Economic Growth D.C. executive director Dave Oberting said in a release. “The first poll showed 27 [percent] undecided. This poll shows 7 [percent] undecided. It seems that Democrats who may have been on the fence have come home to Councilmember Bowser. Any momentum that Catania might have had seems to have been blunted.”
But in certain areas, Bowser’s lead over Catania isn’t has large. “On individual issues like improving the economy and reducing crime and drugs, Bowser’s lead is somewhat narrower, ranging from 3 to 8 points,” a release states.
In terms of demographics, the Economic Growth DC CapitalDecision2014 Poll II, which surveyed a voter list, rather than cold-calling residents, found that 48 percent of likely voters are black, while 43 percent are white, which the Post notes closely matches “the demographic split seen in the mid-Septembeer NBC4/Washington Post/Marist poll that put Bowser 17 points ahead of Catania.”
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