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Duncan 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% >90% Amico: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% >90% Tie: 50% | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Georgia |
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The 2018 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the lieutenant governor of Georgia, concurrently with the 2018 gubernatorial election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Then-incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Casey Cagle chose to not run for re-election in order to run for governor.[1]
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Geoff Duncan |
Rick Jeffares |
David Shafer |
Undecided |
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University of Georgia | April 19–26, 2018 | 507 | ± 4.4% | 12% | 7% | 14% | 65% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | David Shafer | 268,221 | 48.91 | |
Republican | Geoff Duncan | 146,163 | 26.65 | |
Republican | Rick Jeffares | 134,047 | 24.44 | |
Total votes | 548,431 | 100.0 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Geoff Duncan |
David Shafer |
Undecided |
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Rosetta Stone | June 7, 2018 | 400 | ± 4.9% | 19% | 46% | 35% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Geoff Duncan | 280,465 | 50.14 | |
Republican | David Shafer | 278,868 | 49.86 | |
Total votes | 559,333 | 100.0 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Sarah Amico |
Triana James |
Undecided |
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University of Georgia | April 12–18, 2018 | 473 | ± 4.5% | 10% | 20% | 70% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sarah Riggs Amico | 278,662 | 55.24 | |
Democratic | Triana Arnold James | 225,758 | 44.76 | |
Total votes | 504,420 | 100.0 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Geoff Duncan (R) |
Sarah Riggs Amico (D) |
Undecided |
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University of Georgia | September 30 – October 9, 2018 | 1,232 | ± 2.8% | 45% | 39% | 15% |
Landmark Communications | October 1, 2018 | 964 | ± 3.2% | 48% | 46% | 6% |
Gravis Marketing | July 27–29, 2018 | 650 | ± 3.8% | 41% | 43% | 15% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Geoff Duncan | 1,951,738 | 51.63% | –6.36 | |
Democratic | Sarah Riggs Amico | 1,828,566 | 48.37% | +6.36 | |
Total votes | 3,780,304 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold |
There was a significant drop-off in votes between the election for governor, which counted 3,939,409 votes, to the lieutenant governor election, with 3,780,304 votes. The undervote, larger than that seen in other statewide races, was found by the Coalition for Good Governance to have occurred in predominantly African American neighborhoods, but only with touchscreen voting machines, not absentee ballots. The change in votes was statistically significant compared to the typical smaller undervote in white areas.[53][54]