G12: Barrow in tight race against Burns

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Burrow D:44% Burns R:43%

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2006/07/28/in_ga12_barrow_in_tight_race_with_burns.html

CQ leans this race to Democrats

[Adlai Stevenson]

But why?  Isn't the District now more Democratic than it was in 2004?  I thought Barrow was a good fit for the District - I realise one poll means very little but surely this year Barrow would be unlikely to be defeated.

[Adlai Stevenson]

No apparently the District is slightly more Democratic than in 2004.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

This is by a partisan pollster isn't it?

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

But this race after Sonny Perdue won the election in 2002 was made more republican after it was gerrymandered for Dems by the former governor Roy Barnes when Barrow first won in 2002.

[Sam Spade]

This is by a partisan pollster isn't it?

Yes it is, done by Public Opinion Strategies for Max Burns (R). 

Yet again, I am asking for partisan caveats when done by partisan pollsters.  If posters cannot do this, they should be banned from posting in these forums.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Public Opinion strategies is certainly on the list of pollsters listed on the poll form, it is perfectly relevant to list this poll.

[minionofmidas]

But this race after Sonny Perdue won the election in 2002 was made more republican after it was gerrymandered for Dems by the former governor Roy Barnes when Barrow first won in 2002.

I assume you mean Marshall. Barrow was elected in 2004.

I would assume he means Burns, actually. Burns won the district in 2002.

[minionofmidas]

Public Opinion strategies is certainly on the list of pollsters listed on the poll form, it is perfectly relevant to list this poll.

It is legitimate to list it, but if the poll was conducted FOR one of the candidates, this fact should definitely be mentioned.