Former Governor Roy Barnes is still far ahead of his opponents in Georgia's 2010 Democratic Gubernatorial Primary race.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely Democratic Primary voters in the state shows Barnes with a 31-point lead - 48% to 17% - over his closest competitor, State Attorney General Thurbert Baker. Barnes held a 24-point lead over Baker in October and a 33-point edge in August.

The remaining candidates all still remain in low single digits. Former Georgia Secretary of State David Poythress picks up four percent (4%) of the vote for the second straight poll. House Minority Leader Dubose Porter receives support from just three percent (3%) while Ray City Mayor Carl Camon is the choice of one percent (1%) of primary voters.

Nineteen percent (19%) are undecided at this point, compared to 21% in October and 30% in August. Another 10% prefer some other candidate.

John Oxendine, Georgia’s fire and insurance commissioner, still holds a two-to-one lead over his closest competitor in the state's Republican Primary contest for governor. Both parties will hold their primaries in July and runoffs two weeks later if necessary.

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Barnes served one term as governor before being defeated by Republican Sonny Perdue in 2002 and has remained well ahead of the other Democratic hopefuls since Rasmussen Reports first began surveying this mix of candidates in June. Barnes had 48% support at that time. Perdue is term-limited from seeking reelection.

Thirty-three percent (33%) of Democratic Primary voters hold a very favorable opinion of Barnes, showing no change from October. Just six percent (6%) view Barnes very unfavorably.

Baker is viewed very favorably by 14%, also showing no change from October’s results. Only four percent (4%) give Baker a very unfavorable rating.

At this point in a campaign, Rasmussen Reports considers the number of people with a strong opinion more significant than the total favorable/unfavorable numbers.

Porter, Poythress and Camon all continue to have very favorables and very unfavorables in low single digits, in large part because a substantial number of primary voters don’t know enough about them to venture even a soft opinion. More than half of primary voters are not sure what they think of any of the three candidates.

At the same time, 34% still have no opinion of Baker, despite the fact he held a statewide office. Only 16% have not formed an opinion of Barnes at this point

Rasmussen Reports has released recent polls on the 2010 governor’s races in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas.

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