New Poll Shows Kentucky Gov. Beshear Tied With Challenger Cameron Just Ahead of Election

A new Emerson College poll out on Friday shows Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Attorney General Daniel Cameron in a dead heat less than a week before the Kentucky gubernatorial election — both polling at 47%.

The results are a shift for Beshear, who has had a significant lead in almost all polling leading up to the election. Earlier in October, he was polling at 49% in the same poll as Cameron sat at 33%, and 13% of respondents would rather vote for someone else.

The Emerson poll out Friday is the tightest one, as several other recent polls have shown Beshear with the lead, and some show that lead as significant.

The poll out Friday shows that Cameron's support comes mainly from voters between ages 50-69, as 58% of the age group supports the state's attorney general and Beshear's support from this group dropped from 49% to 40%.

When it comes to public expectations, however, 57% of respondents believe the current governor will keep his office, while only 41% think Cameron will win.

The poll was taken between Oct. 30-Nov. 2, with 1,000 respondents and a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.