Nebraska governor’s race: Independent poll shows statistical three-way tie

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) — Nebraska’s Republican race for governor is a tangle on the high, with three candidates basically tied and a distant fourth maybe positioned to play spoiler.

State Sen. Brett Lindstrom, Conklin Co. CEO Charles Herbster and College of Nebraska Regent Jim Pillen every registered between 24% and 28% assist in a brand new third-party ballot.

A Neilan Technique Group ballot indicated 28% assist for Lindstrom, 26% for Herbster, 24% for Pillen and 6% for former State Sen. Theresa Thibodeau. The ballot indicated that 16% of voters have been undecided.

That places the highest three candidates throughout the ballot’s 4.9% margin of error. It surveyed 858 possible Nebraska GOP major voters on April 19-20 by way of textual content and phone.

As a result of assist for the highest three fell throughout the margin of error, it’s laborious to say for sure who’s main, stated Perre Neilan.

He stated his political and authorities affairs agency paid for the ballot, fairly than a shopper, candidate or marketing campaign.

The brand new ballot was taken shortly after a Nebraska Examiner report printed on April 14 through which eight ladies alleged that Herbster groped them. Herbster has denied the allegations.

In a follow-up report April 19, three folks spoke to the Examiner on the file to substantiate three of the ladies’s accounts. The ballot was carried out that day and the next day.

The ballot’s outcomes roughly mirrored a Lindstrom marketing campaign ballot from mid-April. That ballot additionally discovered all three candidates throughout the margin of error. It indicated that Lindstrom and Pillen have been tied at 27%, with Herbster at 23%.

The Herbster and Pillen campaigns, when requested for remark after the Lindstrom ballot, stated they’ve seen the race tighten in inside polling, with totally different leaders relying on the ballot.

All three of the highest candidates face potential pitfalls within the race’s remaining weeks, the Neilan ballot signifies.

Among the many voters surveyed, 42% stated they have been much less prone to vote for a candidate who was caught polluting water. The ballot didn’t title anybody particularly, however Herbster has run a TV advert accusing Pillen’s enterprise of doing so.

Some 49% of voters surveyed stated they’d be much less prone to vote for somebody accused of groping eight ladies. Once more, no particular title was talked about, however that displays the allegations in opposition to Herbster.

And 43% of the voters surveyed stated they have been much less prone to vote for somebody who had elevated the gasoline tax. Lindstrom voted for a six-cent gasoline tax improve in 2015, which has been the topic of TV advertisements.

All three candidates are racing to encourage their supporters to get to the polls and are attempting to woo undecided voters, Neilan stated, earlier than the Might 10 major election.