2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumGreat news in ND Senate race Heitkamp tied with Berg each at 47% (Mason/Dixon)
(When Conrad announced his retirement, this was a seat the GOP was confident they would pick up):
QUESTION: If the 2012 election for North Dakotas U.S. Senate seat were held today,
would you vote for Heidi Heitkamp, the Democrat, or Rick Berg, the Republican?
HEITKAMP BERG UNDECIDED
STATE 47% 47% 6%
REGION
Fargo/Cass County 50% 41% 9%
Eastern North Dakota 55% 40% 5%
Bismarck/Mandan 38% 58% 4%
Western North Dakota 43% 53% 4%
SEX
Men 42% 51% 7%
Women 51% 44% 5%
PARTY ID
Democrat 96% 1% 3%
Republican 8% 87% 5%
Independent 48% 43% 9%
http://www.valleynewslive.com/story/19767078/poll
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)87% of the gop vote. Usually the dems have the harder time holding that much of their party voters.
TroyD
(4,551 posts)Obama obviously isn't going to go to ND since it's a red state where he doesn't have enough popularity to help her, but Bill might have more crossover appeal to independents and moderate Republicans who are troubled by Berg's extremism.
Bill will be in Las Vegas for Obama tomorrow and in Arizona for Carmona on Wednesday, but perhaps he could add ND to his schedule?