I was push polled Monday night (November 12). I'm guessing for the 2020 Senate race [View all]

Yes, not even a week after the midterm.

The first question I was asked was who I voted for in the Smith/Housley race.

I was surprised the caller didn't hang up on me because I argued about nearly every answer as the response choices were so limited (i.e. referring to Single Payer as a "government take over of medical care", so i had to point out that that's not what single payer is.)

Near the end I was asked if I was a Democrat, Republican, or independent and I did my sad sigh and said "I guess I'm a Democrat now, Trump has made it impossible for me to even imagine voting for a Republican."

I suspect the local Republicans may have been doing the calling themselves. She wouldn't tell me the name of the firm conducting the survey and she'd say was it was a "major national firm" - usually pollsters will throw out some kind of name even if it's something phoney. She also seemed taken aback when I said it was clearly a Republican push poll. (She also sounded a lot like Karin Housely - maybe the poor thing is occupying her days calling voters.)

I suspect the state Republican party is already trying to plot a strategy for going after Smith in 2020.

And, at my Senate District meeting this evening a few other members said they had also received the call.