RE: Plus Fiorina has avoided a lot of the mud that has surrounded Whitman. Boxer is gone.
Fiorina and Whitman will rise or fall TOGETHER. People usually vote along party lines. Seldom do people vote one and not the other.
Poll Ping!
Typically true, but since both Fiorina and Whitman need a LOT of democrat votes to win, I can imagine some of those dems deciding to split their vote.