Georgia 2022: Walker Holds Two-Point Lead Over Warnock in Tight Senate Race; Kemp Leads Abrams by Fo

[chuluma]

Source: Emerson Polling

The latest Emerson College Polling survey of the Georgia general election finds Senator Raphael Warnock trailing his Republican opponent, Herschel Walker by two points, 44% to 46%. Four percent plan to vote for someone else and 7% are undecided. Regardless of whom they support, 53% expect the incumbent Senator Warnock to win while 47% expect Walker to win. This reflects a tightening of the race since April, when the Emerson College poll had Walker ahead 49% to 45%.

Spencer Kimball, Executive Director of Emerson College Polling said, “Walker leads Warnock among rural voters 58% to 24% while Warnock leads Walker 66% to 25% among urban voters. In the suburbs, voters are breaking for Walker by a nine-point margin, 50% to 41%.”

Read more: https://emersoncollegepolling.com/georgia-2022-walker-holds-two-point-lead-over-warnock-in-tight-senate-race-kemp-leads-abrams-by-four/

[Mme. Defarge]

1. WTF?!

What’s the matter with those voters?

[nycbos]

2. It's Georgia.

Half the state would reinstate slavery if they could. We might have to do a little march to the sea again.

[AllTooEasy]

27. I'm the least bit surprised that Walker is ahead in GA

He would/could win MS, AL, AR, LA, SC, KY...see where I'm going with this?

[elleng]

13. Emerson doesn't impress me.

[certainot]

30. it's the astounding stupidity of Ga dems who let Ga and G Tech support 12 trump stations!

from www.fakenewsradio.org

GEORGIA 14 Georgia 7, Georgia Tech 5, Georgia Southern 2

those unis are endorsing walker every day!!! they don't even have to 'support' walker - those and other RW radio stations spend all day trashing dem candidates and stacy abrams and democrats have no fucking clue

[kimbutgar]

3. I wonder exactly who they are polling

And I can’t believe that Walker is ahead of Warnock. He’s a freaking idiot.

[KS Toronado]

33. Spock would say it's illogical, and so do I.

[hueymahl]

39. I live in Georgia

Very different voting patterns outside I-285 than inside (Atlanta is inside).

I can confidently predict that Warnock and Kemp will win pretty easily. If republicans had run anyone other than a complete nutjob, Warnock would be in trouble. Lots of republicans (especially the moderate/educated ones) will just not vote for him because he is literally insane, and they recognize that. But those same ones love Kemp, who has walked a pretty moderate path (for Georgia, at least).

[Karadeniz]

4. So disappointed... we need massive investment in ads putting democracy resting on the

shoulders of voters.

[quaint]

37. ...and civics education

[USAFRetired_Liberal]

5. Not all bad news

This same poll has had Walker/Kemp in the lead all year and it is shrinking. And Kemps lead has shrunk A LOT…if this poll is showing those margins, then I say Warnock is up and the Governor’s race is tied

[MerryHolidays]

6. 538 has Senator Warnock ahead by less than !%

It rates this one 50/50 for now.

[AlexSFCA]

7. GA is more conservative than FL so not surprising at all

[ashredux]

8. Good God....Poor Walker is sadly just stupid...and I mean that in the clinical way...

“Slow of mind - given to unintelligent decisions or acts : acting in an unintelligent or careless manner”

[Casady1]

9. none of these numbers hits 50%

there will be a runoff.

[Mme. Defarge]

14. That!

[viva la]

10. Suburbanites like Walker? Seriously?

Probably all football fans, I guess.

[AllTooEasy]

26. Everyone in GA is a football fan

Half of them are just idiots and bigots

[JI7]

35. So a bunch of dumbasses voting for him because he played football ?

[WarGamer]

11. I've been saying for months...

A percentage of the population just want to see him yell "Go Dawgs" and they'll vote for him.

[IronLionZion]

12. Georgia Republican voters have very low standards

[hamsterjill]

15. How is this possible?

Rhetorical question, of course.

But anyone with ANY sense can see that Walker was hit in the head once too many times during his football career. It’s sad, but he is not capable of handling a Senate seat. He will be a puppet only, of course, and that’s just what Trump et al want!

[OneCrazyDiamond]

16. I really think that's not true.

I am pretty sure Walker has brain damage by things that he had said and Stacy Abrams is amazing.

[SlimJimmy]

17. Very likely voters

These are polls we need to pay attention to. Whether we like the results or not. And just a note. Insulting Georgia voters won't bring them to our side of the argument.

[JohnSJ]

18. I want to see other polls. I question the methodology Emerson used

“ The Emerson College Polling survey of Georgia voters was conducted August 28-29, 2022. The sample consisted of very likely general election voters, n=600, with a margin of error (MOE) of +/- 3.9 percentage points. The data sets were weighted by gender, education, race, and region based on 2022 turnout modeling. It is important to remember that subsets based on demographics carry with them higher margins of error, as the sample size is reduced. Data was collected using a cellphone sample using SMS-to-web, and a voter registration list of emails and an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system of landlines.”

[JohnSJ]

20. In Pennsylvania Shapiro was only leading by 2-3 points according to Emerson. What bothered me

about that was 9% of supposed Democrats said they would vote for the Republican for governor

I wonder if those polled as Democrats were not being honest in their part affiliation

[TheRealNorth]

19. It will depend on turnout...

And how many Democrat voters the Republicans are able to ratfuck (by kicking them off the voting lists or make them wait in impossibly long lines).

[JohnSJ]

21. True, and the cities will overwhelmingly vote Democratic, but only if they vote

[SlimJimmy]

25. I live in Georgia

The last time I voted in a Presidential election, It was a five hour wait. And we live in the suburbs.

[orleans]

29. holy shit! 5 hours??

and didn't they pass a law about not handing out water or chairs or snacks to people waiting in line to vote?

[SlimJimmy]

31. Actually, the law says

Partisan groups can't hand out water or snacks. The local election officials can make it available. There was some misreporting on the law. But that always seems to happen. With that said, we've done early voting ever since. Average wait time about 20 minutes.

[orleans]

32. thanks for the info on the law. also, glad you can early vote. nt

[ga_girl]

40. I'm going to clarify that during training

Assistant manager in a Gwinnett precinct. We've already been notified of mandatory on line training and mandatory classroom training. I fully intend to ask about providing water and paper cups for those waiting in line.

[TheRealNorth]

38. No kidding

I had to wait 30 minutes a couple of times (once was actually early voting in MN), and I thought that was bad.

I wonder how quick the lines are in bumblefuck red county. There should be penalties for states that have large discrepancies.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

22. Just sent

This race is very important, do the same if you can

[Turbineguy]

23. Walker is obviously unfit in a sad sort of way.

Of course being unfit makes him qualified in a Republican sort of way.

[Beautiful Disaster]

24. It's closer than it should be - but Emerson was wrong in 2020 and 2021.

Emerson had Trump winning 49-48 in 2020 - also had Perdue beating Ossoff 51-48 in the runoff.

[SunSeeker]

28. That just inspired me to donate $50 to Warnock and Abrams just now. nt

[Samrob]

34. Pack your own lunch and bring your own water, GA voters. Do not give up your place in line.

Do whatever you can to keep Walker out of office. Now is a good time for his former wives to step up and remind voters of his abuse. GA you know better. Fuck the polls!

[Roy Rolling]

36. In the Suburbs?

Walker has a 9-point advantage? WTF?

“Yes, they sure does look alike to me” —White, GOP-enslaved suburban voter scared shitless by Republican racism.