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Newly
Released
Landmark
Poll:
Rick
Allen
Takes
Slim
Lead
Over
Barrow
in
Race
for
Congress
Georgias
12th
Congressional
District:
Allen
(R)
48.1%,
Barrow
(D)
44.5%
(Atlanta)A
poll
of
Georgias
12th
Congressional
District
released
Friday
by
Landmark
Communications,
Inc.
reports
that
Republican
challenger
Rick
Allen
has
taken
a
slight
lead
in
his
campaign
against
Democratic
Congressman
John
Barrow.
Going
into
the
final
weekend
of
campaigning
Allen
holds
a
small
lead
with
48%
of
voters
responding
that
they
will
vote
for
the
him
while
44%
of
voters
say
they
will
vote
for
Democratic
Congressman
John
Barrow.
7.5%
of
voters
are
undecided.
The
independent
poll
of
500
self-described
likely
voters
was
conducted
October
30th.
Only
voters
who
responded
that
they
are
somewhat
likely
or
definitely
likely
to
vote,
and
who
completed
all
questions
in
the
survey,
were
included
in
the
results,
a
method
that
is
standard
in
the
polling
industry.
This is a very close race that either candidate could still
win. No one has earned over 50% of the vote as of yet.
It is not a projection of who will win, only whos ahead as
of Thursday night.
When reviewing the internal numbers of the poll, it does
reveal that those voters who call themselves undecided
are more likely to be Democratic in voting behavior than
not, so Barrow may carry more of these voters if they
vote. Rick W. Allen simply has less ground to cover than
Barrow in order to get to 50%+1.
Cross
tabs
for
the
poll
can
be
found
here:
www.landmarkcommunications.net
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METHODOLOGY
Landmark
Communications,
Inc.
conducted
a
district
wide
poll
on
Oct
30,
2014
of
500
randomly
selected
Likely
Voters
in
the
November
General
Election.
Only
voters
who
fully
completed
the
survey
were
tabulated
in
the
results.
The
results
reflect
only
respondents
who
stated
that
they
intend
to
vote
in
the
2014
General
Election.
The
poll
was
conducted
by
telephone
using
IVR
technology.
The
margin
of
error
of
the
survey
is
4.38%.
To
be
consistent
with
previous
and
projected
voter
turnout,
results
are
weighted
based
on
race,
age
and
gender.
Landmark
Communications
solely
conducted
and
funded
the
project
with
no
input
ABOUT
LANDMARK
COMMUNICATIONS,
INC.
Landmark
Communications,
Inc.
is
a
political
firm
based
in
Metro
Atlanta,
Georgia.
The
firm
has
more
than
two
decades
of
polling
experience
and
regularly
conducts
and
releases
public
opinion
surveys
regarding
Georgia
politics.
The
firms
president
is
Mark
Rountree.
Total
(500)
%
Gender
Male
Female
(221)
(279)
%
%
48.1
44.4
7.5
51.2
43.4
5.4
45.7
45.0
9.3
Race
African-American
White
(164)
(316)
%
%
R.W. Rick Allen, the Republican
John Barrow, the Democrat
Undecided
9.1
82.4
8.5
69.6
24.4
6.0
18-39
(109)
%
Age
40-64
(251)
%
65 or over
(140)
%
35.5
54.5
10.0
48.1
45.2
6.7
57.8
34.3
7.9
Other
(20)
%
Republican
(253)
%
25.0
50.0
25.0
80.7
15.0
4.3
Party
Democrat
Other
(185)
(15)
%
%
9.7
84.3
6.0
33.3
60.0
6.7
Independent
(47)
%
28.3
41.3
30.4