Poll: Which Race In The August 7th Primary Will Be The Closest?
Often the August partisan primary is rather boring — at least to me some have been. But for 2012 we have hard fought races on the local, state and national level. Incumbents are being challenged from within their own party (Republican & Democrat), redistricting and term limits pits former allies. Fascinating stuff to observe.
The GOP races have candidates fighting to prove who’s the most conservative while Democrats just sling mud at their opponent(s), TV commercials have been non-stop and our mailboxes jammed with slick mailers. I still haven’t decided how I’m going to vote so I’m not making any endorsements.
I want to know which race you think will be the closest in the final vote count, the converse being which will have the biggest spread. Here are the races I’ve picked for this poll, there are others but these are the five I think people are watching closely:
- MO US Senate (GOP: Akin, Beck, Steelman, Brunner, Memoly, Lodes, Poole, Maldonado)
- MO US Rep Dist 1 (Dems: Britton, Clay, Carnahan)
- MO Lt. Gov (GOP: Kulmann, Lager, Kinder, Carter)
- MO State Senate Dist 5 (Dems: Wright-Jones, Nasheed, Mott-Oxford)
- STL Treasurer (Dems: Wessels, Wahby, Jones, Boyd)
Included in the poll are answers for “unsure” and “another race.” The poll is in the right sidebar, the answers display in random order in the poll. So vote in the poll and be sure to vote on Tuesday August 7th, the St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners has sample ballots.
— Steve Patterson
All of these races have the potential to be very close. All have been hard fought races with a couple of them bringing out the negative aspects of politics.