Undecided Wins: A Bob Tuke Internal Poll

By Kleinheider Posted on July 1, 2008 at 6:26 pm

The Tuke campaign has just released internal polling in the race for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate and it shows beyond a shadow of a doubt that the folks that say that no one really cares about this race are right on the money:

My campaign conducted an 800 sample statewide poll last week and it showed that all our hard work is paying off. The most important finding in the poll was about the primary. We asked the following question:

In the Democratic primary for US Senate, the candidates are: Leonard Ladner, Kenneth Eaton, Gary Davis, Mike Clayton, Mike Padgett and Bob Tuke. Which one would you vote for if the election were held today?

Bob Tuke 38% 32%
Mike Padgett 8%
Other 4%
Undecided 57%

The poll was conducted by the Global Strategy Group, a polling firm the Tuke campaign notes has been used by Gov. Ned McWherter, Congressman John Tanner and Harold Ford, Jr. The poll was conducted June 24-26 and has a margin of error of 4%.

UPDATE: The VotePadgett response from Campaign Manager Jed Brewer:

“Unlike Bob, Mike has visited with citizens in every county in Tennessee and has seen the big picture. People across Tennessee don’t know Bob Tuke. And he hasn’t been to visit them. Mike has and feels good about the outcome in the only poll that matters. The one on August 7.”

“I find it interesting that this guy used to be head of the state party and in a primary of the people he used to lead, there are still 57% undecided. That sounds to me like Democrats were not too happy with his leadership.”

“38 plus 8 plus 4 is 50 so how are there 57 undecided? If the Tuke campaign is going to release a poll, I’d think the least they can do is get the numbers to add up.”

UPDATE II: Tuke campaign manager Ben Chao corrects the numbers via email blast:

Today’s Tuesdays with Tuke had a typographical error for which I take full responsibility.

Upon seeing the correction email, Padgett Campaign Manager Jed Brewer retracted the third paragraph of his response.

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