Politics

New Poll Shows Allison DeGazon And Alicia Barnes In Dead Heat For Number 1 In St. Croix Senate Race

ST. CROIX -- A new poll conducted by a team with a history of accuracy has Senate candidates Allison DeGazon and Alicia Barnes in a statistical dead heat, with Ms. DeGazon edging out her Democratic counterpart Alicia Barnes, who won the most votes during the Democratic Primary Election on August 4. With the poll having a margin of error of 5.6 percent, the battle between the two remains too close to call. The poll was conducted by John Boyd, who has a 35-year history of conducting polls in the territory. In 2002, Mr. Boyd’s poll predicted that Charles W. Turnbull would beat Roy Lester Schneider without a runoff election. The poll was questioned by some and derided by others, but once the election was over, it proved to be solid. "Every election cycle, there are about 6 polls being run in the Virgin Islands. I have run polls over the past 35 years with good accuracy. My pinnacle was probably 2002 when I picked all 8 eight candidates in proper order and projected that Governor Turnbull w...