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Report Card on the Pollsters in the Off-Year Races
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailySo, how did the pollsters do in their final surveys before the key off-year races in predicting the results? ...
Hoffman Leads in Upstate N.Y. House Race, but Many Undecided
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyIn the upstate New York House race that has attracted national attention, Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate now embraced by the GOP, leads Democrat Bill Owens by 41 percent to 36 percent with 6 percent backing Republican Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, who dropped out of the race on Saturday, according to a Siena College poll conducted Nov. 1. Eighteen percent are undecided, The margin of error is 4 points. ...
Hoffman Has Big Lead Over Owens in New York House Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyConservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, who was embraced by the Republican Party after state Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava dropped out, leads Democrat Bill Owens in a two-way match-up 54 percent to 38 percent with 8 percent undecided, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Oct. 31-Nov. 1. ...
Conservatives Push Republican Out of Upstate N.Y. House Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublican State Sen. Dede Scozzafava today dropped out of the race for an upstate New York House seat after a campaign by a Conservative Party opponent caught fire with help from the GOP's right and siphoned off most of her support. ...
Conservative Moves Past Republican in Three-Way N.Y. House Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyDemocrat Bill Owens is in a statistical time with Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, leading him 33 percent to 32 percent, with Republican state Sen. Dede Scozzafava fading to 21 percent in the much-watched contest for the upstate New York House seat of former GOP Rep. John McHugh,according to a Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll conducted Oct. 26-28. Fourteen percent are undecided. The margin of error is 4 points. ...
Conservative in Upstate NY House Race More than a Spoiler?
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyBuoyed by an endorsement this week from former Alaska Gov. and GOP vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman is beginning to look more like a contender than a spoiler, according to the Oswego Palladium-Times. Palin's endorsement of Hoffman over Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava, a state assemblyman, comes on the heels of support from former GOP Sen. Fred Thompson, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey and onetime GOP presidential candidate Steve Forbes. Palin had written on her Facebook page that Scozzafava was a "candidate who more than blurs ...
Republican Leads Race for Upstate NY House Seat
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublican state Rep. Dede Scozzafava is the early favorite to fill the upstate New York House seat vacated by GOP Rep. John McHugh when President Obama appointed him to be Army Secretary, leading Democrat Bill Owens 35 percent to 28 percent with 16 percent for Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, according to a Siena College poll conducted Sept. 27-29. The margin of error is 3.9 points. ...
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