Emerson Poll Shows Gallego Leading Lake in Arizona Senate Race
According to a recent poll by Emerson College Polling/The Hill, just over 45% of Arizona’s registered voters support Democrat Rep. Ruben Gallego, while slightly more than 43% back Republican Kari Lake in the state’s Senate race.
Gallego holds a lead of just over 2 points, which falls within the poll’s margin of error of 3 percentage points.
The breakdown of the poll results, released on Tuesday, is as follows:
- 45.3% favor Gallego, compared to 43.1% who support Lake.
- 87.4% of Democrats support Gallego, while 80% of Republicans back Lake.
- 15% of GOP voters favor Gallego, while 6.5% of Democrats support Lake.
- Immigration is considered the most important issue by 27.9% of respondents, followed by the economy at 24.7% and abortion at 12.4%.
- 83% of those prioritizing immigration support Lake, compared to 13% who back Gallego.
- 50% of those focusing on the economy support Lake, while 32% favor Gallego.
- 89% of individuals concerned about abortion support Gallego, with 6% backing Lake.
The poll was conducted from April 25-29 and surveyed 1,000 registered voters in Arizona.
Jeffrey Rodack ✉
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