Rep. Mike Lawler Holds Lead Over Opponent Mondaire Jones

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An incumbent Republican congressman from New York now holds a shocking lead over his progressive opponent, based on a brand new ballot.

The ballot, which was performed by PIX11, The Hill and Emerson School, discovered that Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., holds a 49%-44% lead over former Democratic U.S. Rep. Mondaire Jones. The 2 are operating in New York’s seventeenth congressional district, and the ballot comes every week earlier than the Nov. 5 election.

The survey, which was printed on Tuesday, was performed Oct. 24 via Oct. 26 and has a margin of error of +/- 4.4 share factors. In keeping with Emerson School, the info was collected through cellphone surveys.

Lawler gained a four-point improve in help, primarily based on an earlier ballot performed by Emerson School. The opposite survey, performed Oct. 1 to Oct. 3, discovered that Lawler had 45% of voters’ help and put Jones at 44%.

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Rep. Mike Lawler’s race in opposition to former Rep. Mondaire Jones is predicted to be one of many closest within the nation. (Getty Pictures)

The ballot additionally discovered that 52% of voters have a positive view of Lawler, in comparison with 44% of voters having a positive view of Jones.

The district nonetheless leans blue in presidential election polls, and the survey discovered that half of voters help President Kamala Harris and 47% help former President Donald Trump.

“The highest challenge for voters within the seventeenth district is the financial system, at 30%, adopted by immigration (20%), housing affordability (15%), crime (11%), and threats to democracy (10%),” the findings learn.

“Half (50%) of voters within the seventeenth district say they’re worse off financially right this moment than a yr in the past, whereas 32% say they’re doing about the identical, and 18% are higher off.”

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UNITED STATES – JUNE 4: Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., talks with reporters after a gathering of the Home Republican Convention within the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc through Getty Pictures)

Spencer Kimball, govt director of Emerson School Polling, mentioned that the current findings spotlight a major gender divide between voters.

“There’s a stark gender divide within the seventeenth district, with males breaking for Lawler by 27 factors, and girls breaking by 16 for Jones, whereas males are extra divided within the 18th district: 47% help Esposito and 46% help Ryan,” Kimball defined. “Ladies break for Ryan by 20 factors.”

Earlier this month, Lawler was accused of dressing in blackface when photographs of him dressed as Michael Jackson in October 2006 emerged. Lawler, a scholar on the time, mentioned that his costume was meant to be complimentary and apologized for inflicting offense.