A new Siena poll of the NY-23 House district finds that this race could still be a contentious three-way race — even though Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, the star of last year’s topsy-turvy special election, has dropped out. The problem: A lot of his voters might not know that he dropped out — and his name remains on the ballot — and he still splits the conservative vote and thus helps Democratic Rep. Bill Owens.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=119863