SurveyUSA Poll for Georgia U.S. Senate and Gubernatorial Races

Posted on by June 8, 2014
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On June 7, SurveyUSA released a poll for the U.S. Senate race in Georgia. No one yet knows for sure who the Republican nominee will be, so the poll asked about the general election for two possible sets of candidates. If Jack Kingston is the Republican nominee, the results are: Kingston 43%, Democrat Michelle Nunn 37%, Libertarian Amanda Swafford 6%, undecided 13%.

If David Perdue is the Republican nominee, the results are: Perdue 43%, Nunn 38%, Swafford 6%, undecided 14%.

The poll also includes Governor, with these results: Republican Nathan Deal 44%, Democrat Jason Carter 38%, Libertarian Andrew Hunt 7%, undecided 11%. Both polls break down the results by age, gender, race, partisan affiliation, ideology, and education. The previous best Libertarian showing for Governor of Georgia was 4.01%, in 2010. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link.

California’s Green Party County Supervisor Re-Elected

Posted on by June 7, 2014
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On June 3, the voters of the 5th Supervisorial District of Mendocino County re-elected Dan Hamburg to the Board of Supervisors, for a second continuous term. He is a registered Green and was the Green Party’s nominee for Governor of California in 1998. County Supervisor is a non-partisan office in California. Hamburg was unopposed for re-election to the Board. The 5th district includes the southwest corner of the county.

Oregon Top-Two Backers Raise $163,600 in Recent Days

Posted on by June 7, 2014
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According to this story in the Oregonian, wealthy individuals have contributed $163,600 toward the Oregon initiative for a top-two system. These contributions are going to the initiative that would create the same type of system now used in Washington and California. It is not going to the rival initiative that would implement a top-two system in combination with approval voting in the primary.

The Oregon initiative appears to ban write-ins in the general election, although this is not certain, because the measure is vague. The press in Oregon persists in referring to this as an “open primary”. However, “open primary” has been defined for over 100 years as a system in which each party has its own primary ballot and its own nominees, but there is no registration by party and any voter can choose any party’s primary ballot. Backers of top-two in Oregon use the label “open primary” in their advertising, even though if the measure qualifies for the ballot, it will not be described on the ballot as an “open primary.”