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Additional ly, an analysis from a Fordham University political science professor ranked Public Policy Polling as the most accurate polling rm in the nation for the 2012 presidential election. “I believe our numbers accurately reect the state of the race,” Bjorkman said Tuesday. “I am the underdog, but I knew that going into this race. We’re running with a purpose; we don’t accept PAC money of any sort and we want to fundamentall y change the way elections are run. As this reliable polling seems to suggest, we are gaining ground every week.” While most voters already are well-acquainted with Johnson, a two-time state oce winner, less than half know Bjorkman, but those who do view him more far favorably than Johnson, suggesting that as the campaign heats up, voter sentiments will likely shift strongly to Bjorkman. It’s also noteworthy that despite Republican voters’ familiarity with Johnson, even after he has spent over $750,000 so far on his campaign, he hasn’t won over 41 percent of Republican voters. Additional ly, Bjorkman runs relatively strong among them with 16 percent supporting him, another 16 percent say they’re unsure who they’ll vote for, and 9 percent supporting other candidates. And by a wide margin of 60-19 percent, voters are more likely to vote for Bjorkman after learning that he is refusing all special interest money from political action committees. PPP surveyed 641 registered South Dakota voters, 53 percent of them Republicans, from July 19-20. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.9 percent. The poll was conducted by automated telephone interviews. The POS poll surveyed 400 people. There was no available breakdown by party. The Johnson polling also shows that, while Johnson enjoys the predicted name recognition edge, he’s not liked as well as Bjorkman among those who have opinions of each man: Bjorkman enjoys favorability ratings of 4:1 in the Johnson poll, w hile Johnson’s fa vorability ra ting is half th at at 2:1.

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