September 25, 2008
Heinrich Leads White in New NM 1st District Poll Interested Parties To: From: Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research
Heading into the final six weeks of the campaign, Martin Heinrich continues to hold an advantage over Darren White in the contest for the 1st Congressional District. In a recently completed survey of likely general election voters, Heinrich now leads White 48 – 42 percent in an initial head-to-head matchup, before any information on either candidate is introduced. After undecided voters are asked which candidate they are leaning towards, Heinrich’s lead is 50 – 45 percent. Table 1: “Thinking about the election for U.S. Congress in November, if the election for U.S. Congress were held today and the candidates were Democrat Martin Heinrich and Republican Darren White -- for whom would you vote, Democrat Martin Heinrich or Republican Darren White?” (Percent responding)
September
July
Martin Heinrich
48
47
Darren White
42
44
These findings are based on a survey of 450 likely voters conducted September 22nd-23rd. All findings are subject to a margin of error of + 4.6 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level.
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