Under normal conditions, those voters would tend to go GOP. But, those are also the groups of people who would be turned off by Stevens legal and ethical problems. I don't see anything amiss here.
DOn’t overlook a couple of other facts.
The DEMS dropped 5 Million in attack ads on Ted and Don. 5 Million for a state with a population smaller than Tucson Az (a nice place to be usre).
The DEMS sent some very high power ‘organizers’ up here so the yokels could do something right for a change.
THe (R) party was its own worst enemy.....