Survey: Governor's race is dead heat

Survey: Governor's race is dead heat

Chip Scutari
The Arizona Republic
Oct. 6, 2005 12:00 AM

A voter survey that uses people who sign up to participate shows Republican candidate Don Goldwater in a dead heat with incumbent Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano.It also shows other GOP challengers within striking distance of Napolitano.

But some political experts in Arizona criticized pollster John Zogby's unusual methodology, which uses voters' e-mail addresses rather than phone calls. Unlike other polls based on random telephone sampling, this survey uses a database of people who have registered to take part.

The Zogby/Wall Street Journal "interactive survey" shows Napolitano with 47 percent and Goldwater at 45 percent. The poll has a 4 percentage-point margin of error, meaning the race is essentially even.

The survey of 653 Arizonans in mid-September showed that Napolitano also leads other Republicans, including Senate President Ken Bennett (47 to 37) former Federal Highway Administration Director Mary Peters (47 to 32); and former Senate President John Greene (47 to 33).
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http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1006gov-poll06.html

though I participated in it.

Zogby's pretty good. Janet's DLC. Goldwater's an institution in AZ.

Janet may be in some trouble.