Oh, my gosh, look at the latest poll result in Alaska

[Blue_In_AK]

for the senate race:

http://www.haysresearch.com/page2/page31/page31.html

If the election for U.S. Senate were held today and the candidates were Joe Miller, a Republican, Scott McAdams, A Democrat, or another candidate whose name you would have to write in, for whom would you vote, or are you undecided?


Joe Miller
27.1%

Scott McAdams
25.9%

Another candidate you have to write in
25.3%

Undecided
21.7%



Could this be any closer?

Phil Munger at ProgressiveAlaska opines that the PPP poll this weekend that showed Miller with a 7 point lead couldn't have been correct because it showed over 40% of people of color voting for Miller. Something's wrong with that statistic, I would guess.

Keep your fingers crossed for us today. This is a biggie for Alaska.

[sufrommich]

1. I would so love to see McAdams win. nt

[AtomicKitten]

2. The Alaska election requires a seatbelt. Anything could happen. nt

[alsame]

3. Wow, that's a lot of undecideds. I hope they put Scott over the top. nt

[SteppingRazor]

4. Trying to poll "people of color" in Alaska is tough due to sample size.

You'll get wildly varying numbers, because you're only talking about 3 or 4 percent of a state with a tiny population.

[jberryhill]

5. All candidates names begin with "M"

That has to be confusing to some of those polled.

IMHO, party affiliation as identified on the ballot is going to influence the result, as I'd bet that some voters are having trouble keeping the names straight.

[Blue_In_AK]

12. You know the write-in list ballooned to eight pages

and party affiliations are not allowed by the names, so anyone asking for that list to help them spell Murkowski are really going to have a time of it.

[RZM]

6. That's gonna a be a fun one

I imagine it'll be the wee hours in EST when this one gets called. If that happens tonight at all.

[K8-EEE]

7. OH WOW THAT IS AWESOME!!! NT

[K8-EEE]

8. OH WOW THAT IS AWESOME!!! NT

[Toots]

9. I just voted and there was no list of write ins presented

and I didn't ask for one..Looking at the ballot I began to realize just how big of an accomplishment it would be for Lisa to win. I really believe Scott is going to win this one....

[Blue_In_AK]

13. I'm feeling really good about it, too.

That huge leap in the undecideds within the past week really gives me some hope.

[d_b]

10. if that freakshow wins

it's hello washington state

[joeybee12]

11. I think this is gonna drag out for a few weeks...lots of challenges to those

write-ins...I can't see Miller getting in now after he exposed himself as a criminally insane meglomaniac.

[Terra Alta]

14. This is good news

Hopefully all those undecideds will put McAdams over the top. Though I don't think the election will be decided for weeks, if not months.

[Quixote1818]

15. Don't think those un-decided will be going to Miller. nt

[Ruby the Liberal]

16. Good think Lisa's last name isn't Smith

I know the family is well known, but how many misspelled ballots will have to be tossed?