The first scientific polling data has been released in the 5th District Republican nomination race and Robert Hurt has a ten-point lead, according to Public Policy Polling.
The poll puts Hurt at 22%, while Ken Boyd comes in at 12%. No other candidate exceeds 4%. However, and this is the big number – 51% remain undecided (52% of them being conservatives, which were 75% of the survey’s population)…meaning most people haven’t even started paying attention to this race and Hurt and Boyd have the advantage of being known elected officials.
So, there is still hope for the other candidates…but they have a very steep hill to climb.
The poll was conducted Feb. 5-10.