(IN-08) Hostettler campaign dismisses ISU poll (shows him down by 15) [View All]

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http://www.tribstar.com/local/local_story_269230415.html

A member of U.S. Rep. John Hostettler’s re-election campaign dismissed a poll conducted by Indiana State University that showed the Republican incumbent trailing his Democratic challenger by more than 15 points.

The poll, commissioned by the Evansville Courier & Press newspaper, indicated that more than 47 percent of 602 registered voters polled within the 8th District preferred Democrat Brad Ellsworth, compared with a reported 31.8 percent for Hostettler.

Stan Barringer, the Hostettler campaign’s research director, noted that the Courier & Press refused to release the questions asked to respondents when the poll was conducted between Sept. 6-21. He added that Hostettler’s campaign office has received calls from poll respondents concerned with the questions.

“Well, it makes a big difference because the Courier is claiming this is not a ‘push’ poll, which is a method of polling that forceful, opinionated questions,” Barringer said, “but stories we’ve heard by people who were polled by Indiana State were that some of the questions were forceful.”