Remember this — Christine was WAY BEHIND Mike Castle just the day before the primaries. She thumped him the next day.
Carl Paladino was way behind Ric Lazio just the day before the primaries in NY. He won by a whopping 26%.
Scott Brown was down by 9 percent behind Martha Coakley the day before the Massachusetts Senate elections. He won 52% to 48%.
In 2004, the EXIT POLLS on the eve of the elections had John Kerry beating Dubya.
LESSON: IGNORE THE POLLS AND VOTE !!
Let me add my own observations.
In the latest NYC Mayoral elections (2009), everyone thought Bloomberg would romp over Bill Thompson. After all, Bloomberg outspent Thompson 5 to 1 and the polls the day prior to elections were showing at least Bloomberg by 20%.
Final tally : Bloomberg 50.7%, Thompson 46.3% ( a margin of just 4.4% ).
These polls are WAYYYY OFF.
I think most independents and reasonable democrats would be embarrassed to tell a pollster that they are voting for Christine O'Donnell. To admit that you voted for or supported Christina O'Donnell is the functional equivalent of committing social suicide in a place like Delaware. So they tell the pollsters they are voting for the bearded Marxist and then when they are secured in the booth, they pull the lever for O'Donnell.
I predicted that Delaware would be the Democrats' Waterloo. If a pro-life conservative can win in Delaware, they can win Any-ware.