Governor Nathan Deal shows gain in poll over GOP opponents Jason Carter, Andrew Hunt | The Augusta Chronicle

The survey for Morris News and Fox 5 of Atlanta by InsiderAdvantage shows Deal leading 47 percent to Carter’s 40 percent and Hunt’s 3 percent. Ten percent of those questioned were undecided when reached by automated telephone or online Monday and Tuesday. The poll included 1,349 likely voters for a 2.7 percent margin of error.

“Losing ground in the polls while running advertising is a very bad sign. The best Carter could likely hope for would be to keep Governor Deal under 50 percent (plus one vote), as required to win, and force him into a winter runoff,” said InsiderAdvantage CEO Matt Towery.

Towery’s poll showed just 41 percent of Georgians surveyed approve of President Barack Obama’s job performance while 58 percent disapprove. Only 1 percent had no opinion.

“Carter’s problems don’t end with a poor campaign strategy. Both he and Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, Michelle Nunn, are saddled with an immensely unpopular Democratic President Obama as their party mate,” Towery said. “Nunn will have a greater difficulty distancing herself from Obama, given that the issues in her race are federal and relate directly to the president. However, Carter’s failure to take on Deal’s weaknesses straight out of the gate, combined with the unpopularity of the president, might spell doom for his effort, too.”

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