Latest poll shows Benson down by only 7 points.

[Blue_In_AK]

Benson 41%, Young 48%

Anchorage – Hays Research Group has released its most recent poll tracking the Alaska Congressional race between Don Young and Diane Benson. Conducted Nov. 1st & 2nd, the results of the latest poll show the gap between the two continuing to close with Young garnering 48% of those polled to Benson’s 41%. The poll was commissioned by Anne Hays, President and Research Director of Hays Research Group and was not conducted on behalf of any candidate or group.

The poll sample was 400 registered voters who indicated they are likely to vote in the upcoming election. The margin of error in the poll is 5%, with a 95% confidence level; meaning that we can be 95% sure that if every resident of the state was actually surveyed, the results would vary by no more than 5 percentage points in either direction.

Respondents were asked “If the election for U.S. Congress were held today, who would you vote for?” Of the 400 responses, Benson received 41%, Young received 48%, and “Other” received 6% while 6% were undecided. When asked whom they would lean toward, the undecided respondents who expressed a preference broke out two to one for Young, although fifty percent of the undecided continued to remain uncommitted in the race.

Hays Research Group and its predecessor Elliott Bay Research have been conducting professional survey research in Alaska since 2002 and has earned a reputation as an independent and thorough survey research firm. The HRG client list includes the Anchorage Police Department (MOA PO # 24010), the Anchorage School District (RFP 2003-607), Blomfield Corporation and Waste Management Corporation.



An interesting statistic in this poll (I didn't post the whole message) was that 13$ of the Republicans polled said they would vote for Diane; 19% of the Democrats said they would vote for Young.

Let's all get out there and change some Democratic minds. We can win this thing.