Besides the U.S. Senate race in Montana next year being close, the Montana Governor’s race is shaping up to be the same way (only with less money).
For all of us watching and commenting about the political process, it will be fun! Right now it looks like the contest will be between Republican Rick Hill and Democrat Steve Bullock.
For those folks who are unfamiliar with the two, Hill is a former Congressman and Bullock is the current Montana Attorney General. The current Montana Governor, Brian Schweitzer, is term-limited.
Recently a new Public Policy Polling poll was released and, overall, Hill leads Bullock 39-38, but 23% are undecided. According to PPP, “The margin of error for the entire survey is +/-2.4%, and +/-4.1% for the Democratic primary portion.”
After taking a couple of days to digest the results of the latest PPP data, here are a few things that stood out to me:
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