The Argus Leader reports this morning that Stephanie Herseth maintains a wide lead over Bruce Whalen. No surprise, really. Whalen's name hasn't gotten a lot of recognition and Republicans seem to have done little to help him campaign against Herseth. Plus, Herseth's "blue dog Democrat" status wins a lot of people over. Argus Leader excerpt:
It appears Rep. Stephanie Herseth does not have a handle Bruce Whalen can exploit, and Whalen's resonance with voters hasn't been nearly powerful enough for him to compete without one.
In a poll conducted Oct. 24-26 by Mason-Dixon Polling Research for the Argus Leader, among 800 registered voters from across South Dakota who were contacted, 66 percent said if the election for the U.S. House were held today, they would vote for Herseth, a Democrat. Twenty-six percent said they would vote for Whalen, her Republican challenger. Eight percent remained undecided. The poll has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.
The numbers virtually mirror a similar poll taken July 24-26. Then, 60 percent of respondents backed Herseth, 26 percent Whalen, and 14 percent were undecided.
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