Question:

Question 1: If the runoff election for Governor were held today, which candidate would you support? (Party
affiliations of candidates mentioned)

Edwards (Dem) 48%
Rispone (Rep) 46%
Undecided 6%

Question 2: (Only if “undecided” selected for previous question) Given that you are undecided in the governor’s
race, which candidate are you leaning towards supporting? (Party affiliations of candidates mentioned)

Edwards (Dem) 50%
Rispone (Rep) 47%
Undecided 3%


About this Poll

For this poll, a sample of likely households was chosen from the population registered to vote in the state of
Louisiana for a “hybrid” automated (for landlines)/live (for cell phones) poll, where 65% of the phone numbers
were landlines and 35% of the phone numbers were cell phones. There were 600 completed responses to 10 poll
questions.
The survey was conducted October 24-26. The margin of error, with a 95% confidence interval, was 4.0%. The
demographic breakdown of the respondents was 69-29% white/black (3% “other”), while the party registration of
respondents was 45-35% Democratic/Republican (20% Independents). The geographic breakdown of the
respondents was as follows: 5% from Alexandria, 20% from Baton Rouge, 14% from Lafayette, 6% from Lake
Charles, 9% from Monroe, 34% from New Orleans, and 12% from Shreveport (The explanation of the boundaries
of these regions is graphically depicted in Exhibit A at the end of the poll analysis).