Vermont Public Radio reported this morning that Republican Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie and Democrat Sen. Peter Shumlin are statistically tied in the race for governor, based on new polling information taken this week.
The poll, taken by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research of Washington, D.C., shows Dubie ahead by 1 percent.
Forty-four percent of those polled supported Dubie; 43 percent said they would vote for Shumlin.
The margin of error is 4 percent.
Eight percent of the respondents were undecided.
Shumlin’s has a favorability rating of 41 percent and an unfavorability rating 37 percent.
Dubie’s favorability rating is 50 percent; his unfavorable rating is 31 percent.
Forty-nine percent of those who preferred Dubie identified themselves as independents. Fifty-one percent of those who said they would vote for Shumlin were women.
About 5 percent of the 625 Vermonters polled in all 14 counties didn’t recognize Shumlin’s name; about 4 percent hadn’t heard of Dubie.
Read the full report: http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/89024/
