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WHOA: Poll Shows Democrat Leading Georgia Congressional Race By 7

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The race between Republican Karen Handel and Democrat Jon Ossoff is heating up ahead of the June 20th special election for Georgia’s 6th district.

A new poll of 745 likely voters released Friday by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows Ossoff with a larger-than-expected seven-point lead.

He’s capturing about 13 percent of Republican voters and 50 percent of independents – a crucial voting bloc that leans to the right in the state. It shows almost no crossover on the flip side; only 3 percent of Democrats say they’re backing Handel. Ossoff gets support from 44 percent of white voters, a big number for a Democrat in Georgia.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ossoff is leading among female voters 60% to 34%, while Handel has male voters, 52% to 41%.

The poll was conducted June 5-8, and has a margin of error of 4%. Additionally, 5% of those polled had not yet decided on a candidate.

Let’s look at a slightly broader picture, however.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that early voting in the runoff election has been surprisingly strong:

Almost 63,000 people had already voted in the contest by Wednesday morning, easily surpassing the first round of early voting in April when about 55,000 people cast ballots.

Most of this early voting took place prior to the new poll, where Ossoff has gotten a bump.

Another poll released Thursday, conducted by WSB, Landmark Communications, has Handel under Ossoff by just 2.5% (49.6% – 47.1%). The poll features an admittedly smaller sample size of 420, and a margin of error of 4.78%. 3.3% of voters were undecided in that poll.

The sparse polling has had Ossoff in some kind of lead since the beginning of May:

Handel/Ossoff race

According to CNN, this is the “most expensive House race in history,” with both sides having raised a combined total of nearly $40 million.

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