Stamford Advocate: Poll shows close Senate race in area

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Poll shows close Senate race in area

U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman leads Democrat Ned Lamont 42 percent to 39 percent among likely 4th Congressional District voters, according to a poll conducted for The Advocate and Greenwich Time.

The poll shows Lieberman garnering significant Republican support, with GOP candidate Alan Schlesinger earning 4 percent of the vote. Fourteen percent of respondents were undecided.

Lieberman is running as an independent candidate after losing the Democratic primary to Lamont, a Greenwich businessman.

"Lieberman's got a slight lead among independents (10 percentage points), and Lamont is holding his own among Democrats," said Monika McDermott of the University of Connecticut's Center for Survey Research and Analysis, which conducted the poll. "The most noticeable thing is, at least in Fairfield County, it's like theLieberman-Lamont race is only between two candidates, and Lieberman is the Republican."

The phone poll, which has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points, was conducted Sept. 25 to Oct. 1. UConn pollsters contacted 753 registered voters in the 4th Congressional District.

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