CHRISTIANSTED — The Rattan Polling Service, which says it is an independent polling source and has been conducting polling in the Virgin Islands since 1998, said it sampled 300 people in the territory between July 15 and August 1.
“The race for the Democratic Gubernatorial nomination appears to be a statistical dead heat among the three candidates,” the service said. “Although numerically the Dawson-James team placed number one territorially, Bryan-Roach was closely behind within one percentage point followed by the Allison Petrus team. If there is an edge, it is most likely to be the Petrus-Sanes team because of the early voting in both districts.
“According to the Board of Election, early voting on St. Thomas was 2,038 and on St. Croix 1,404 and St. John 79 for a total of 3,521 ballots cast. If that trend continues in the August 4th election, the edge could likely be the Petrus Sanes team because he placed number one in the St. Thomas District, although the other two candidates were within 2% percentage points of Petrus’ numbers.
“In the senatorial race on St. Croix, newcomers Barnes and DeGazon are most likely to win one of the 7 seats available. While positions four through ten will compete for the remaining three seats available. This is because the percentage difference between numbers five and ten is small and on election day these positions may change.”
The Rattan Polling Service said that its margin of error is three percent. The Democratic Primary is Saturday.
Here are the results:
GOVERNOR’S RACE (DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES ONLY)
ST. CROIX DISTRICT RESULTS
1. ANGEL DAWSON – MARISE JAMES
2. ALBERT BRYAN – TREGENZA ROACH
3. ALLISON PETRUS – SAMUEL SANES
ST. THOMAS DISTRICT RESULTS
1. ALLISON PETRUS-SAMUEL SANES
2. ANGEL DAWSON-MARISE JAMES
3. ALBERT BRYAN-TREGENZA ROACH
TERRITORIAL RESULTS
1. ANGEL DAWSON-MARISE JAMES
2. ALBERT BRYAN-TREGENZA ROACH
3. ALLISON PETRUS-SAMUEL SANES
ST. CROIX SENATORIAL CANDIDATES RESULTS:
1. ALICIA BARNES
2. KURT VIALET
3. NOVELL FRANCIS
4. TERRANCE JOSEPH
5. ALLISON DeGAZON
6. NEVILLE JAMES
7. KENETH GITTENS
8. OAKMAN BENTA
9. JAVAN JAMES
10. DOUGLAS CANTON
11. NEMMY WILLIAMS
12. KAREN CHANCELLOR
13. DEAN ANDREWS
14. JUAN FIGUEROA-SEVILLE
15. ANNETTE SCOTT
16. R.J. HAMMER
ST. THOMAS SENATORIAL CANDIDATES RESULTS:
1. DONNA FRETT GREGORY
2. STEDMAN HODGE
3. ATHNEIL “BOBBY” THOMAS
4. JOHNATHAN TUCKER, JR.
5. MYRON JACKSON
6. MARVIN BLYDEN
7. CARLA JOSEPH
8. KENT BERNIER
9. RANDOLPH BENNETT
10. RANDOLPH THOMAS
11. SEAN SKOOLY GEORGES
12. ALBERT RICHARDSON
13. JEAN FORDE
14. BEATRICE GUMBS
SENATOR-AT-LARGE
1. STEVEN PAYNE
2. STACIE JANUARY
3. BRIAN SMITH
THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WERE ASKED IN THE ELECTION POLL SURVEY:
1. SHOULD MEDICINAL MARIJUANA BE LEGALIZED IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS:
RESULTS:
60 PERCENT YES
38 PERCENT NO
TWO (2%) PERCENT UNDECIDED
2. SHOULD RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA BE LEGALIZED IN THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS:
50 PERCENT NO
30 PERCENT YES
20 PERCENT UNDECIDED
