Greenwich Democrat Ned Lamont is leading by five percentage points in the race for governor with 19 percent still undecided, according to a new poll.
Public Policy Polling of North Carolina, which has been sharply criticized by Republicans as a Democratic-leaning poll, says that Lamont has 43 percent, compared to 38 percent for Republican Bob Stefanowski of Madison.
The poll results are similar to others that have the race as a single-digit battle between the two top contenders. Independent candidate Oz Griebel of Hartford was not mentioned in the poll results.
Two other petitioning candidates, who like Griebel gathered enough signatures to get on the ballot, were not mentioned. Libertarian Rod Hanscomb and Mark Stewart Greenstein of the Amigo Constitution Party have not been participating in the televised debates and have low name recognition. The next debate is scheduled for Thursday afternoon in Hartford.
The poll surveyed more Democrats than Republicans. Among those polled, 54 percent said they had voted for Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton for president in 2016, while only 38 percent said they had voted for Republican Donald J. Trump.
Overall, 46 percent of those polled identified themselves as a Democrat, while 27 percent were Republicans and another 27 percent were independent.
The survey of 828 voters was taken last week on October 8 and 9. The margin of error was not immediately announced.
The poll was released by Democrats for Education Reform Connecticut, which supports Democrats. The survey was paid for by Change Course CT PAC.
“Ned Lamont is in position to expand his lead if he can bring the undecided voters home, the majority of whom say they’re voting Democratic on the generic ballot,” said polling analyst Jim Williams of PPP.
