![]() “The biggest reason is that it’s become too political. “It certainly isn’t that I have any conspiracy theories or anything like that,” Hardin said. Like Basinger, Greg Hardin said he was turned off by the highly political and partisan climate after the presidential election. ![]() I just think the quality of the candidates and parties has really deteriorated.” “Everyone starts to point fingers because one party is losing over another. I couldn’t take the constant barrage of him accusing people and others accusing him, and I was at wit’s end,” Basinger said. “I voted for Trump out of desperation, but I couldn’t take it anymore. Staff writer Mark Niesse contributed to this article.Lynnette Basinger, a Roswell voter who works in marketing, said she lost faith in elections because of poor candidates and negative campaigns - not because of concerns about Georgia’s voting process. He’s just another mouthpiece for Donald Trump.” “I don’t want Herschel anywhere near the Senate. “We just need to give Warnock a chance to finish it out,” said Stephens, a Douglasville resident who plans to vote Democratic down the ticket in November. DeAundrea Stephens, who runs a nonprofit and works several part-time jobs, said she made her mind up early. He’s OK-ish.”īy contrast, Warnock holdsheld a solid lead of 38% to 27% over Walker among independents in the Senate contest, with only about one-fifth undecided. “We voted for who aligned with as many tic marks as we can get, but we’re not happy with everybody,” said Finkelstein, a Coweta County resident who works part time doing accounting work. Still, she said she plans to vote for Kemp in November. But she also backs protecting abortion rights, an issue that she agrees with Democrats on. She sees herself as a conservative and supports expanded gun rights. Joanna Finkelstein is among those voters. They also make up the large segment of undecided voters, with 28% of independents saying they still haven’t decided. The two rivals, meanwhile, polled roughly even among independent voters, a bloc that once voted reliably Republican but migrated during Trump’s rise to power. He also has solid leads among voters 45 and older, while Abrams is polling better with younger voters. While Abrams leads the governor 51% to 33% among female voters, Kemp has an advantage with men of 57% to 41%. Kemp’s edge is largely thanks to a giant gender gap. I’m holding my nose and voting for Walker.” “I’d probably rather have him over the Democrat because there’s too many things that Warnock stands for that I don’t. ![]() But to be honest with you, I don’t know enough about Walker,” he said. Rob Cliatt, a small business owner in Evans, counts himself among the reluctant Walker supporters. But, he added, “even a small number of defections and roll-offs could matter in a tight race.” Hood, the UGA political scientist, said the undecided Georgians could wind up backing Walker or sitting it out. An additional 9% say they’re on the fence. The poll was the latest to detect a split-ticket trend at the top of the ballot, indicating that roughly 4% of Kemp voters are supporting Warnock and 4% are backing a third-party contender. That includes 16% of Democrats who indicate they’ll cross party lines to back him. In the contest for secretary of state, Republican incumbent Brad Raffensperger, best known nationally for rejecting then-President Donald Trump’s demand to reverse his defeat in Georgia, leads Democrat Bee Nguyen 46% to 32%. One-third of independents say they haven’t made up their minds yet. In the lieutenant governor race, Republican Burt Jones edges Democrat Charlie Bailey by 41% to 36%, with 7% backing Libertarian Ryan Graham and an additional 16% undecided. ![]()
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