Monday, May 17, 2004

A Tough Poll to Swallow, or to Bridgewater



Bridgewater claims the '02 UT 02 race "won't be repeated this year," but says Bob Bernick, "so far, things are looking about the same." Bridgewater beat Swallow in both the '02 and '04 UT GOP convos. In '02, Bridgewater lost to Swallow in the primary, who himself went on to lose to Rep. Jim Matheson (D) by 1600 votes.



Due to paranoia, only registered GOPers can vote in the 6/22 primary. But, Bernick points out, "unaffiliated voters, those belonging to no party, can register as Republicans at the polls and pick up a GOP ballot," There are more registered GOPers than Democrats in Utah, but like other states, more non-affilated voters than either cominded. Of course, Utahns are pretty conservative, especially relative to places like Cambridge or San Francisco. Still, Blue Dogs like Jim proved they can win. In in Jim's case, has and will win. Read the full article here.

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