Poll Puts Icet Ahead of Schweich

From Allen Icet's state auditor campaign website:

"Hard work is paying off.

With just over a week to go before the August 3rd primary elections, a new public opinion poll gives conservative candidate Allen Icet a five percentage point lead in his match-up with Tom Schweich in the Republican race for State Auditor.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch/KMOV-TV survey, conducted July 19-21, puts Allen ahead with 28 percent support among decided voters, compared to 23 percent for Schweich.

Allen is in front despite being outspent by a more than three to one margin during the recently concluded quarterly reporting period. It is through the efforts of grass-roots conservatives who have been working tirelessly on Allen’s behalf that the campaign is overcoming Schweich’s excessive spending.

While we take comfort in the poll results this is no time to rest on our laurels. There is no doubt the Schweich campaign will be buying plenty of radio and television time in the coming week and we must be ready to counter his message.

Keep spreading the word, talking up Allen’s record of accomplishment as House Budget Chair in the General Assembly, and convincing undecided friends and colleagues to back the true fiscal and social conservative in this race. We are entering the homestretch of the primary campaign and victory is within reach."

What this article doesn't mention is that "the survey of 300 likely Republican primary voters was done by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research July 19-21. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 6 percentage points, which means there is a 95 percent probability the results would fall within that range if the entire population were polled."

I understand Mr. Icet is attempting to spread the word that he is in the lead, as any candidate would do. I don't believe it is a wrong thing to do, either. But I must continue to bring reality to this blog by making sure the facts are known.

This is a Republican primary that has really disappointed me. On one hand, we have a candidate that has run a smear campaign in Tom Schweich. On the other hand, we have a candidate who has admitted to filing false reports with the FEC in Allen Icet.