New poll finds Georgia Senate race remains unchanged after allegations about Walker - CNN

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Sen. Raphael Warnock continues to clasp an vantage implicit Herschel Walker successful Georgia’s US Senate race, according to a caller canvass from Quinnipiac University, with the borderline betwixt the 2 candidates small changed compared with polling conducted earlier allegations emerged that Walker paid for a woman’s termination and encouraged her to person different one.

The survey, which was conducted aft the allegations astir Walker emerged past week, finds Warnock with 52% enactment among apt voters to 45% for Walker, astir the aforesaid arsenic successful a mid-September poll. Walker’s favorability standing has shifted narrowly much negative, from 51% saying they held an unfavorable presumption of him successful September to 55% now. Warnock’s favorability standing is unchanged.

Voters broadly accidental that Walker is not honorable (57% consciousness that way, including 96% of Democrats, 63% of independents and 16% of Republicans), and 58% consciousness helium does not person bully enactment skills. Majorities accidental Warnock is honest, by opposition (54% overall, including 93% of Democrats, 58% of independents and 14% of Republicans), and that helium does person bully enactment skills (57%). More besides spot Warnock arsenic caring astir mean Georgians (57% accidental Warnock does vs. 46% saying Walker does).

The contention betwixt Walker and Warnock is 1 of the astir competitory Senate contests this midterm cycle, and is cardinal to power of the evenly divided chamber.

Last week, the Daily Beast reported that Walker, who has opposed termination rights during his campaign, had reimbursed a pistillate with whom helium was successful a narration for a 2009 abortion. Additionally, The New York Times reported that helium asked her to get the process again erstwhile she became large 2 years later; she refused the 2nd time.

CNN has not independently confirmed the woman’s allegations.

The Republican has repeatedly denied the allegations made successful the reports, including successful a Tuesday interrogation with ABC. “Yes, she’s lying,” helium told the outlet.

Georgia’s gubernatorial contention is besides mostly unchanged from Quinnipiac’s anterior polling connected it and suggests determination is nary wide person successful the race, with 50% down incumbent Brian Kemp and 49% backing Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams.

The survey of 1,157 Georgia apt voters was conducted October 7-10 by telephone and has a borderline of sampling mistake of positive oregon minus 2.9 percent points.