Wednesday, May 9, 2012
2:55 PM
Hovde's internal polling shows him in tight race with Thompson
New internal polling from Eric Hovde's U.S. Senate campaign shows the hedge fund manager trailing former Gov. Tommy Thompson by 3 percentage points.
The poll found Thompson leading the pack with 30 percent of those surveyed backing his bid for Senate, while 27 percent backed Hovde.
Former U.S. Congressman Mark Neumann was close behind with 23 percent and Fitzgerald lagging with 10 percent. There were 10 percent of those surveyed who remained undecided. The poll had a margin of error of 4 percent.
The poll also showed 53 percent of those surveyed had a favorable opinion of Hovde, while 5 percent had an unfavorable opinion. Thompson had a favorability rating of 67 percent, but an unfavorability rating of 21 percent.
Thompson's name recognition was 100 percent, while Hovde and Fitzgerald both had 71 percent name recognition. Neumann had recognition of 92 percent.
The poll was done by NorthStar Opinion Research, which conducted internal polling for the campaign of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida. The poll surveyed 600 likely Republican voters between May 6 and May 8.
-- By Jason Smathers
Labels: 2012 Senate campaign
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