According to a recent poll by the Wall Street Journal, Chris Bell has taken a large lead over Strayhorn in the polls.
Perry: 38.3% (+0.6 since June/no change since January)
Bell: 20.8% (+1.1/+2.9)
Kinky: 20.7% (+3.2/+6.3)
Strayhorn: 11% (-3.1/-9.5)
From the Bell Campaign blog:
That’s right, 11. E-LE-VEN. Grandma got run over by something. It’s a two-person race between the last two people supporting Carole Strayhorn. You can attack the methodology all you want (MOE 3.7%), but it’s consistent from month to month, so relative changes among the candidates are important. And when you’ve lost almost half of your support since you filed as an independent, you are having One Tough Campaign.
If this keeps up, I guess I’ll vote for Kinky.