Polling shows crossover potential

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Monday, August 16, 2004




CHEYENNE (AP) -- More than a fifth of voters registered as Republicans and a third registered as Democrats told pollsters they would consider crossing party lines to vote.

That complicates any predictions how Tuesday's primary races for Wyoming's lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives could play out.

Four Republicans -- Jim Altebaumer, Marvin Applequist, Bruce Asay and Cale Case -- are trying to unseat five-term Rep. Barbara Cubin, R-Wyo., while three Democrats -- Al Hamburg, John Henley and Tedd Ladd -- are vying for the Democratic nomination.

"When there is a lively primary, it's the cause and result of a lot of interest," Marguerite Herman, president of the Cheyenne League of Women Voters, told the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle.

Wyoming allows voter registration at the polls on election day, making last-minute party affiliation easy.

Herman said that because Wyoming voters may not cast primary ballots regardless of party, Democrats often change sides to vote in high-interest contests. Others theorize that Democrats might cross sides to vote for one of Cubin's opponents if they think that person might be easier for the Democratic candidate to beat.


http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2004/08/16/news/wyoming/54e81796dd1a308287256ef0007b75c2.txt

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1. so come on Wyoming, even HI has done a poll

Wyoming is the only state the hasn't done a poll since 2000. You'd think with a house race this lively the press would pool their money together and do a statewide poll of the pres and house candidates!!!!