From The Hotline Latest Edition for Monday, April 28,2008

INDIANA

Tight Now, Tight In November

Mon. Apr. 28, 2008


A South Bend Tribune/WSBT-TV/WISH-TV/WANE-TV poll; conducted 4/21-24 by Research 2000; surveyed 600 LVs; margin of error +/- 4%; Dem primary matchups conducted 4/23-4/24; subsample 400 Dem LVs; margin of error +/- 5%. Tested: Gov. Mitch Daniels (R), architect Jim Schellinger (D), and ex-Rep. Jill Long Thompson (D) (release, 4/25).

IN Dem GOV Primary Election Matchup
            All Men Wom Wht Blk 18-29 30-44 45-59 60+
Thompson    48% 41% 54% 48% 51% 45%   49%   50%   46%
Schellinger 42  52  34  43  35  44    42    40    44
Undec       10   7  12   9  14  11     9    10    10
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IN GOV General Election Matchup
            All Men Wom Wht Blk Dems GOP Inds.
Daniels     45% 50% 40% 50%  4%   7% 79%  40%
Thompson    45  42  48  41  77   86   7   52 
Undec       10   8  12   9  19    7  14    8 
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            All Men Wom Wht Blk Dems GOP Inds.
Daniels     45% 50% 40% 50%  4%   7% 79%  40%
Schellinger 44  42  46  40  76   84   7   51
Undec       11   8  14  10  20    9  14    9
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Daniels Job Performance
     Excellent  Good  Fair  Poor   Not Sure
All         7%   35%   35%   14%         9%

An Indianapolis Star/WTHR-TV poll; conducted 4/20-23 by Selzer & Co.; surveyed 384 LVs; margin of error +/- 5%; subsample 535 Dem LVs; margin of error +/- 4.2% (release, 4/25).

IN Dem GOV Primary Election Matchup
                All
Schellinger     28%
Thompson        26
Undec           46
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IN GOV General Election Matchup
                All                     All
Thompson        44%     Daniels         45%
Daniels         43      Schellinger     41%
Undec           13      Undec           14
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Daniels Job Performance
               All
Approve        47%
Disapprove     40
Undec          13

Ed Boards Won't Jill-t Their Gal

Thompson picked up endorsements from the Louisville Courier-Journal (4/27), Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette (4/27), and Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel (4/25).

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