ATLANTA — Donald Trump’s endorsement doesn’t seem to mean much in Georgia’s Republican primary race for governor. But the former president’s blessing apparently makes a difference further down the GOP primary ballot.
Those are the findings of an unusual poll conducted March 20 through April 8 by the University of Georgia’s School of Public and International Affairs Survey Research Center.
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