Rep. Bobby Jindal is pulling close to majority support in the two latest polls of Louisiana's open primary for Governor. A majority win in the primary would elect him; otherwise, he will face a run-off against the second-place finisher. Russell McCulley reports for Reuters:
The WWL-TV poll of 500 registered voters released on Thursday showed Jindal leading with 50 percent and the nearest of three top rivals, Democratic state Sen. Walter Boasso, at 9 percent, while 22 percent of voters declined to indicate a choice. It had a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points.In the Southeastern poll of 641 registered voters released earlier this week, Jindal led with 46.2 percent, while Boasso was at 10.1 percent and 28.9 percent of respondents were undecided or refused to say for whom they would vote. The margin of error was 4 percentage points.
Read the rest at the link above. Much depends on the turnout of black voters, who vote overwhelmingly Democratic - of course the question of how many of them never returned after Katrina may decide whether Jindal can win an outright majority.
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