Oooops!
I missed a few slightly stale polls, so I include them here to get the ball rolling on the quantum uncertainty of polling.
And Onwards
Since the last update we have the following:
- I noticed Senator Ossoff (D) of Georgia was on the Wednesday night edition of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Will Colbert be required to interview the Senator’s challengers as well, numbering fourteen at the moment? Or will the FCC, meaning Trump’s Toady Brendan Carr, and “CBS lawyers,” of whom the latter I must doubt their qualifications, decide to ignore the entire matter? At least they have the sense to not have another go at Colbert, who ate them alive in the Talarico incident. But before you begin shouting hypocrite at the FCC, et al, keep in mind that some folks have come to the conclusion that Trump and his minions believe being a hypocrite is of survival value, and not survival-negative, like the rest of us do.
- The “I have no idea if this is true” file: Dean Blundell wants me to believe Senator Graham of South Carolina is way too friendly with the bottle. Yes, that bottle. I don’t believe it until I see a second or even third confirmation; this could all be a scurrilous rumor. And does it matter to voters in South Carolina?
- A University of New Hampshire (UNH) poll shows New Hampshire Senate candidates Sununu and Pappas leading their respective primary opponents, Sununu 48% – Brown 25%, and Democrat Rep Pappas 65% – Manzur 11%. It also shows Rep Pappas with a 50% – 45% lead over Sununu. It’s a long time to Election Day, even to Primary Day, which is September 8, and this poll is from a month ago. UNH has a very good reputation as a pollster, as I recall.
- Unknown-to-me pollster Carolina Forward measured Roy Cooper (D-NC) as having a five point lead over Michael Whatley (R-NC), 47% – 42%, in North Carolina back in January. Yes, Whatley has a large lead in the primary. Polling for the Democratic primary doesn’t seem to be present. But is this a credible pollster?
- Last December highly respected Emerson College Polling released a poll of Ohio voters that showed Senator Husted (R) leading former Senator Brown (D), 49% – 46%.
- Stuart Rothenberg, contributor to biweekly newsletter Inside Elections, believes Senator Collins (R) of Maine will not win reelection. I wish he’d said why. Didn’t see anything on the website.
