New Poll: GOP Rep. Kevin Cramer Leads Heidi Heitkamp in North Dakota Senate Race

By Alexandra DeSanctis

September 14, 2018 11:10 AM

A Fox News poll this week found that Republican congressman Kevin Cramer leads incumbent Democratic senator Heidi Heitkamp by four percentage points in the North Dakota Senate race, 48–44 percent.

The survey of 701 likely voters is the first poll of the race since mid June, just after the North Dakota primary. That poll, conducted by Mason-Dixon, also found Cramer leading Heitkamp 48 to 44 percent.

The Fox News poll, which was conducted from September 8–11, found that 8 percent of voters say they remain undecided, while 15 percent say they might change their mind on their candidate selection before November.

Perhaps most interesting, the poll shows that one-third of voters who said they might change their mind before the election said they’d be less likely to vote for Heitkamp if she opposes the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court later this month.

Meanwhile, Heitkamp has a 7-point edge among female respondents, and Cramer has a 15-point advantage among men. White evangelical Christians chose Cramer over Heitkamp by a whopping margin of 30 percentage points, and voters prioritizing the economy picked the Republican by an even larger 36-point margin.

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/kevin-cramer-leads-heidi-heitkamp-in-north-dakota-senate-race/