West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (R) is leading the race for the state’s Republican gubernatorial nomination, according to a Research America/Metro News West poll.
However, an outlier poll published in 2019 found that Thursday This breaks the trend in recent months where Morrissey has had a solid double-digit lead. Polls show him with a two-point lead over Moore Capito, a former state representative and son of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia).
Of the 400 likely Republican primary voters, 31% supported Mr. Morrissey and 29% supported Mr. Capito. 16% support businessman Chris Miller, 12% support Secretary of State Mac Warner (R-West Virginia), and 3% support another candidate. One in ten people are undecided.
Mr. Morrissey has the support of 32% of Republicans and 27% of independents, while 25% of Republicans and 38% of independents support Mr. Capito. The poll was conducted April 3-9 and had a confidence level of plus or minus 4.9 percentage points.
Although Mr. Morrissey is in the lead, the poll deviates significantly from all polls in the campaign, with FiveThirtyEight reporting documented, Back in October. For example, an Emerson College poll found that carried out From March 19-21, Morrissey had a 17-point lead on the field, with Capito in third.
Mr Morrissey was followed by 33%, followed by Mr Miller with 16%, Mr Capito with 14% and Mr Warner with 6%. In that poll, nearly 3 in 10 respondents were undecided.
The Emerson College Poll sampled 735 likely voters with a margin of error of ±3.6.
Emerson poll Followed A WPA Intelligence poll sponsored by the pro-Morrisey Black Bear PAC also showed the attorney general up 17 points.
This is a new poll on the Republican race for West Virginia governor by Black Bear PAC (a supporter of Patrick Morrissey) by WPAi. Morrissey was at 37%, Moore Capito at 20%, Chris Miller at 19%, Secretary of State Mac Warner at 14% and 9% undecided. Also see the Black Bear/WPAi poll comparison. pic.twitter.com/TcMsD1ljzu
— Steven Allen Adams (@stevenadamswv) April 5, 2024
The poll, conducted among 501 likely voters from April 1 to 3, found Morrissey at 37%, Capito at 20%, Miller at 19% and Warner at 14%. It became. MOE was +/-4.4 percent, according to a tweet from state government reporter Stephen Allen Adams.
Former President Donald Trump has proven himself a kingmaker with his support in the Republican presidential primary, but he has not endorsed it in the race.
But in February, Donald Trump Jr. asked West Virginia’s Republican Party to elect Moore Capito, also known as “RINO,” as a way to punish his mother for helping push a $60 billion Senate foreign aid bill into Ukraine. He urged people not to vote.
Shelley Moore Capito is a member of the Senate Republican leadership and just voted to send billions of dollars to Ukraine. She is not running for re-election this year, but her son RINO is running for governor of West Virginia.
MAGA – Ukraine’s First RINO and sending a message to the opposition @MooreCapito for #WVGov!
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 13, 2024
Morrissey agreed in response to Trump Jr.’s post about X.
Donald Trump Jr. is “right,” Morrissey wrote, adding, “No more #RINOs” and “No more Moorecapitos.”
.@DonaldJTrumpJr is correct.
No more #reno
no #moorcapitos https://t.co/A7P7wRkqrz
— Patrick Morrisey (@MorriseyWV) February 13, 2024
