NASHVILLE – A new independent poll on Tennessee’s governor’s race shows Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam leading U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp by 11 percent in the Aug. 5 primary.
But the race remains volatile with the largest percentage of those surveyed – 36 percent – remaining undecided.
Thirty-two percent of the 603 respondents to the WSMV-TV poll said they intend to support Mr. Haslam with 21 percent indicating they will vote for Rep. Wamp, a Chattanoogan. Eleven percent said they back Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, R-Blountville, the Senate speaker.
The poll’s margin of error was plus or minus 4 percent. It was conducted by Des Moines, Iowa-based Crawford Johnson & Northcott, a market research firm.