However, according to experts, the North Carolina-based company's numbers normally are in line with other national polling firms. PPP is a company owned by Democrats and specializes in polling for Democrats and liberal organizations. Maybe she'll have trouble with the Tea Party crowd later in the game but she doesn't start off showing any signs of weakness with them." PPP's blog says, "There's been a lot of talk about whether Wilson is weak with the far right and she is weaker with that segment of the party. "She leads Sanchez 48-19 among moderates and 48-31 among very conservatives."Įven though many identify Wilson as a "moderate" Republican, since her defeat to Steve Pearce in the 2008 GOP senate primary - in which Pearce and his supporters called her a "liberal" - Wilson has been stressing her conservative credentials. "Wilson leads by strong margins across the Republican ideological spectrum," the poll memo said.
Las Cruces businessman Greg) Sowards came in a distant third with eight percent, while Bill English of Alamogordo got 4 percent. On the GOP side, Wilson was supported by 52 percent of Republicans polled compared with 24 percent for Sanchez.
"However, since a majority of Democratic voters are still unwilling to give an opinion of Balderas, Balderas has more room to grow." "Although Heinrich is weaker among Hispanics, who make up 46 percent of the Democratic primary electorate, he still leads Balderas 39 percent to 36 percent among Hispanics," the poll memo says. More than half the Democratic respondents had no opinion of Balderas. Fifty three percent had a positive opinion while 20 percent had a negative opinion. The poll found 73 percent recognized Heinrich's name enough to have an opinion of him. He leads Balderas in the Democratic Primary, 47 percent to 24 percent. Jeff Bingaman announced he's not seeking re-election.Īccording to PPP's poll memo, Heinrich, a second-term ccngressman from Albuquerque, is helped by greater name recognition. It's the first public poll done on the Senate race since U.S.
This is according to a statewide survey conducted this week by a national polling company, PPP. And Democrat Martin Heinrich would beat state Auditor Hector Balderas by nearly 2-to-1. John Sanchez by better than a 2 to 1 margin. If the New Mexico primary was held this week, Republican Heather Wilson would beat Lt.
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