The hard-fought U.S. Senate race in Georgia between Republican David Perdue and Democrat Michelle Nunn is a statistical dead heat, according to a new poll out Sunday.
Perdue “holds a small lead, at 45 percent, compared with 41 percent for … Nunn and 6 percent for Libertarian Amanda Swafford, including leaners,” reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which commissioned the poll. “Perdue’s advantage is at the edge of the poll’s 4-percentage-point margin of error.”
Georgia Democrats “are running close races against Republicans at the top of the ticket this year but must overcome an enthusiasm gap in order to win,” the newspaper said.
Perdue is the ex-CEO of Dollar General, while Nunn is the daughter of former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn.
A campaign event for Nunn in Atlanta on Saturday had a surprise guest whose star power topped even that of fundraiser host Usher — a guy from Arkansas named Clinton. “Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed tweeted a picture from the event hinting that [the former president] could return before election day in November,” Atlanta’s WXIA-TV reported.
The poll talked to 884 likely voters who were reached by “a mix of land-line and cellphones,” the AJC said.
The AJC poll also found that incumbent Gov. Nathan Deal, a Republican, is statistically tied with Democratic challenger Jason Carter, who is the grandson of former President Jimmy Carter. Deal garnered 43 percent and Carter 42 percent, while a Libertarian candidate, Andrew Hunt, received seven percent.
