Joe "Miami Vice Face" Miller Losing Support, Favorability Points in Alaska Senate Race

[BurtWorm]

Maybe they don't like press-suppressing fascists in Alaska any more than the rest of us do?


http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/18/alaska-race-may-make-for-long-election-night/

Most polling places in Alaska do not close until midnight, Eastern time. And vote-counting is always slow in the vast and remote state, which also has a high rate of absentee voting. The presence of a viable write-in candidate will create further delays, since these ballots will need to be reviewed by hand — election night counts may report the total number of write-in votes, but not how many of these were valid ballots cast for Ms. Murkowski. And once an initial count is in, a series of legal challenges may arise over different standards for counting the write-in votes. It’s plausible that the identity of Alaska’s new senator might not be known for weeks or even months.

The clearest path to victory had seemed to be Mr. Miller’s — since he does not have the handicap of being a write-in, like Ms. Murkowski — or, like Mr. McAdams, a Democrat in a state with few Democrats. But polls suggest that voters have grown less fond of Mr. Miller. A Rasmussen Reports poll issued late last week gave Mr. Miller 35 percent of the vote, down from 42 percent a month ago. Another survey, from Public Policy Polling, also had his vote-share decreasing, and found that 58 percent of Alaskan voters have a negative impression of him, up from an already-high 52 percent after his primary win.

The news last night that Mr. Miller’s security detail had handcuffed and detained a reporter, Tony Hopfinger, after a town-hall-style meeting held by Mr. Miller is unlikely to reverse those trends, and may accelerate them. (A statement by Mr. Miller defended the actions, characterizing the reporter as “potentially violent.”)

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. LOL at ''Miami Vice" face. But all joking aside this guy is another fucking lunatic. nt

[Blue_In_AK]

2. Alaska doesn't have a lot of registered Dems,

but it also doesn't have a lot of registered Republicans. Most voters here, almost 60%, are registered independent, nonpartisan, undeclared or minor party.

See: http://www.elections.alaska.gov/statistics/vi_vrs_stats_party_2010.08.03.htm

[Winterblues]

4. Heard on the radio last week, 129,000 registered Republicans and 74,000 registered Democrats

So you are correct in some sixty percent not either Republican nor Democrat...Still if all the partisans vote their partisan ticket and Miller and Murkowski split the Republican ticket it will be very tight..McAdams could very well actually win this one..

[democrat_patriot]

3. If Murkowski drops out and back McAdams

Would that help McAdams?

[Blue_In_AK]

5. A lot.

Scott would be a shoo-in. I've seen many comments at the Daily News website recently that have said they would vote for Scott if Lisa wasn't in it. A lot of people seem to be planning to vote out of fear rather than conviction. We're working hard to change that. With Joe being less of a threat, it should help Scott.

[K8-EEE]

7. I wonder in what circumstances she would drop out?

Like maybe if she were polling last she would drop out?? She seems to think that is HER seat, don't see her not going all the way with the write-in.

[Blue_In_AK]

8. She won't be polling last, and she won't drop out.

I agree she does have a sense of entitlement about it (thus her nickname here "Princess Lisa," since her dad gave her the job in the first place). I also agree with you that she is going to have a terribly hard time with the write-in. For one thing, she doesn't appear anywhere in the election pamphlet that the state sent out to all registered voters. For another there are six places on the ballot where someone could write her name in, so I'm sure some people will put it in the wrong place. And of course, there's the spelling and filling in the oval.

There's no way this race can be polled accurately. I'm sticking with Scott because it's a relief to vote FOR someone rather than against someone else.

[K8-EEE]

11. Oh absolutely!! I would do the same

And I can def understand why this race would be difficult to poll!

[Scurrilous]

6. K & R

:thumbsup:

[SpiralHawk]

9. The TeaBagliCons (R) are shooting themselves in thier own TeaTalitarian Toes

The more America sees of them, the less America likes.

[Cognitive_Resonance]

10. K&R for Scott McAdams:

http://www.scottmcadams.org/