Strategic Vision (R) (6/12-14, likely voters, 4/17-19 in parens):
Team Blue:
Roy Barnes: 49 (56)
Thurbert Baker: 30 (29)
David Poythress: 5 (4)
DuBose Porter: 2 (2)
Undecided: 14 (9)
(MoE: ±3%)
Barnes takes a slight dip, but nothing too dramatic — he’s still the man to beat for the top job. Poythress will be in this until the bitter end, but I’d be surprised if a guy like Porter would continue his bid in the face of unbelievable odds.
Team Megachurch:
John Oxendine: 35
Karen Handel: 13
Nathan Deal: 12
Eric Johnson: 4
Ray McBerry: 2
Austin Scott: 2
Undecided: 32
(MoE: ±3%)
No clean trendlines here, since Strategic Vision’s last poll of the GOP primary had a number of different candidates in the mix (Lynn Westmoreland and Jack Kingston, for starters), but Oxendine was holding onto a 33-14 lead over state SoS Karen Handel in April. Nathan Deal’s entry into this race hasn’t really changed the calculus yet.
RaceTracker: GA-Gov
would a great candidate for Secretary of Agriculture, Michael Irvin, who was first seen rangling t-rexes in his childhood, is set to finally retire and Democrats need a strong, rural candidate to go for it.