Forward Kentucky has obtained a copy of a poll of the Kentucky governor’s race that shows Andy Beshear leading Matt Bevin 48-39 among likely voters.

The poll of 501 likely voters was conducted August 19-22 by Hart Research. The party split of those polled was 37% Democrat and 43% Republican. And, among those polled, only 22% would self-identify as liberal, while 48% self-identified as conservative.

It is worth noting that these numbers match the numbers released in the Democratic Attorney Generals Association poll of a few weeks ago. Also, as far as we know, Governor Bevin has not released any internal poll results.

Below are the basic results of this latest poll.

Governor’s Race

Beshear firm 46% Beshear lean 2% Bevin firm 37% Bevin lean 2% Hicks firm 5% Hicks lean 1% Undecided 7%

Total Beshear: 48%

Total Bevin: 39%

Total Hicks: 6%

Party Affiliation

Mostly Democratic 29% Leaning Democratic 8% Completely Independent 15% Leaning Republican 14% Mostly Republican 29% Not sure 5%

Total Democratic: 37%

Total Republican: 43%

Policy Stance

Very conservative 21% Somewhat conservative 27% Middle of the road 24% Somewhat liberal 13% Very liberal 9% Not sure 6%

Total conservative: 48%

Total liberal: 22%

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