[okstate]

Well this poll probably oversampled Democrats a bit, but even with that factored in, Hostettler is in serious trouble. Undecideds will probably break for Hostettler but I don't know if that's enough to pull him through. He was down 6 in the CD poll completed Sept. 10 and Research 2000 had him down 4 in early September.

[okstate]

Hostettler down 15 in IN-08? Indiana State University poll

[jf55510]

While Hostettler is in trouble, this poll is worthless. From Crosstabs:

But still I don’t really have a problem with the survey showing Hostettler down as I expect to see that. The professor who supervised the study blabs on about using a stratified random sample and how the survey is geographically proportionate with the counties in the district yada yada yada. Then a couple paragraphs down I come across this nugget referring to the complete sample of n=603 respondents.

Of that 603, 63.5 percent are women and 36.5 percent are men.

That’s unprecedented. Two-thirds of the voters in the district are women??? Is this a survey of Indiana’s 8th CD or that island from the James Bond movie Octopussy?

http://www.crosstabs.org/dangerous_poll_in_in_cd_8

[Hegemony Cricket]

Hmmm. I've never seen a reference to the Indiana 8th district without the word "bloody"...

[KyleM]

these internals do not match up

[southernindymom]

Being from this area, you would not believe the crap that is flying right now! The only thing that Ellsworth has that is going for him is his looks and the Dem's are running with it to the max. He is definitely a pretty boy and other than being the sherriff for the past few years, has not held political office. One 70 year old woman from Princeton, though, actually wrote a letter to the editor of the Courier saying that she was going to vote for him, solely because of his looks. Hostettler has had a rough time of it the past couple elections, if my memory serves me correctly. He beat an old Democrat to get the seat and there is a lot of bad blood, hence the bloody 8th. The mud has been slinging for over a month already.

[Welike ike]

OK STATE works for DEAN and the DNC folks, he is a paid troll who blogs for the Left. Ignore Him.

[bilhosty]

Indiana State sociology research lab is another red flag.they are likely amateurs and a sociology (socialism) depart is another red flag. I believe Hostettler is down but not this far.