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Maine: Cutler Polling at 15% in Gubernatorial Race

By on July 23, 2010 2:53 PM

From the Portland Press Herald by way of TPID:

Poll results released Monday on this year’s race for governor show small declines for the two major-party candidates and a surge for independent Eliot Cutler. Republican Paul LePage, the mayor of Waterville, still leads the pack, with 39 percent support. He is followed by Senate President Elizabeth Mitchell of Vassalboro, the Democratic nominee, at 31 percent.

Cutler, who was supported by just 7 percent of the respondents in a poll a month ago, is now at 15 percent, according to Rasmussen Reports, which polled 500 likely Maine voters July 14. The margin of error is 4.5 percentage points. The survey done last week showed 12 percent undecided, and 3 percent favoring other candidates. Shawn Moody of Gorham and Kevin Scott of Andover are two independents who will be on the November ballot.

3 Comments

  2. Danny S July 23, 2010

    This poll may overstate Cutler’s support. The two other Independents likely split the independent vote. This is especially true of Shawn Moody, who recently injected $500,000 into his campaign and has just started fundraising.

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