Discussion for article #229320
I don’t realy understand the polltracker average, as the only poll that comes close to that spread is a single Republican sponsored poll. Even just averaging the last two polls would narrow it some.
That being said, it appears that Weiland’s numbers have been fairly static averaged out over the last few months, and any sense this race might be close came from Pressler taking support from Rounds. It looks like the money and attention the Republicans started giving this race when they realized Rounds was running a weak campaign has paid off.
ah, I think you answered the question I was in the process of posing. additional funds and management by the GOP, when it appeared their guy was running too close, in a race that, by conventional standards, ought to have been a cakewalk for the republican.