By Bradley Vasoli
Delaware House Minority Leader Mike Ramone (R-Pike Creek) sees reason for optimism in his gubernatorial campaign’s internal data, despite a bearish University of Delaware survey .
Ramone’s pollster says he can win if he gets his message out to Delawareans.
The representative is vying for the governorship against New Castle County Executive Matthew Meyer (D). UD’s poll, conducted largely online by the company YouGov between September 11 and September 19, showed Meyer besting Ramone 51 percent to 32.3 percent with a 5.76-percent margin of error.
His showing in the survey slightly exceeded that of other Republicans running statewide. Businessman and retired policeman John Whalen got only 30.9 percent against state Senator Sarah McBride’s (D-Wilmington) 52 percent.
Republican corporate executive Eric Hansen received only 31.6 percent of respondents support for his U.S. Senate bid, while Democratic At-Large Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester got 52.1 percent. Independent anesthesiologist Mike Katz received 6.1 percent.