Perry Takes Lead

The article I read was in the Austin American Statesmen called, Newspapers' poll: Perry has comfortable lead as voting starts, the article was written by Jason Embry and Corrie. The article is about people that were polled who they support for governor in the upcoming election for Texas. The article states that Perry has 45% of likely Republican primary voters, while only 29% backed U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and 17 percent support Wharton activist Debra Medina. Just 8 percent are undecided. The survey was conducted by telephone on February 2^nd-10^th. Blum & Weprin Associates conducted the survey. Perry as an advantage in his campaign because he leads all regions of the state and in every demographic group. 53 percent of all voters surveyed said the state is on the right track. GOP voters overwhelmingly list economic and budget matters as most important; it also states that Texas is in a better economic condition than many other states in America. There also chance democrats can win the election, head to head matchup Perry only has a 6% margin lead over Democratic front-runner Bill White. The poll of 1,508 registered voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points. The poll of 464 likely GOP primary voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points. This article is important to the reader because it helps us Texans understand who can win the election and how we can also outcome the elections if people go out and vote.