Morning Digest: No, that Georgia poll showing a 'tied' primary for governor doesn't actually show it
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar. Leading Off ●Morning Digest: No, that Georgia poll showing a 'tied' primary for governor doesn't actually show it
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar. Leading Off ● GA-Gov: A new poll from the Republican firm Insider Advantage for Fox 5 Atlanta gives Gov. Brian Kemp a 41-22 lead over his newly-announced foe in next year's GOP primary, former Sen. David Perdue, with former state Rep. Vernon Jones in third with 11%. That finding doesn't square at all, though, with Fox 5’s own headline, which reads, “Dead Heat between Kemp, Perdue due to Trump endorsement.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution likewise trumpeted, “Brian Kemp and David Perdue neck-and-neck in early poll.” Many on Twitter, of course, followed suit. So what gives? It turns out that the local Fox station was touting a question it shouldn't have touted. As in any normal poll, Insider Advantage asked respondents how they'd vote in the primary, yielding that 19-point Kemp lead. It then followed up by asking, “As you may have heard, President Trump is planning to endorse David Perdue in the Republican Primary for Governor. Knowing this information, how would you vote?” When presented with this news, Kemp sinks into a 34-34 tie with Perdue, while Jones ticks down slightly to 10%. And sure enough, Trump went ahead and endorsed Perdue's nascent campaign on Tuesday over Kemp, whose rejection of the Big Lie single-handedly turned the governor from Trump favorite to outcast. Read more