A new local poll has Grant and Brady with
slim leads, but in both races an astounding number of
undecideds:
Percent of support "If the election was held today."
Governor:
Otter (R) (hard support): 33
Otter (soft support): 3
Otter total: 36
Brady(D) (hard support): 37
Brady (soft support): 4
Brady total: 41
Other: 1
Undecided: 20
Margin of error: 4.4 percent
1st Congressional District:
Sali(R) (hard support): 29
Sali (soft support): 5
Sali total: 34
Grant (D) (hard support) 35
Grant (soft support) 3
Grant total: 38
Other: 1
Undecided: 25
Margin of error: 5.7 percent
A nail biter in Idaho, but I'd rather be up in the margin of error than behind. My gut feeling is that the huge number of undecideds is comprised of Republicans that just don't know if they can bring themselves to vote for a Dem, or if they'll just stay home. There's also been tremendous growth in the district in the last few years, and while some of these people might generally trend Republican, they don't have any allegiance to Otter and have to see Sali for the nut job he is.