WVII interviews Brewer about 2nd Congressional District race polls

WVII (Channel 7) spoke with Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, for a report about two recent polls that predict different results of the 2nd Congressional District race. A Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram poll put Rep. Bruce Poliquin ahead of challenger Emily Cain by 10 percent, while a poll done for the Cain campaign showed both candidates tied at 45 percent, according to the report. When asked which poll is accurate, Brewer said it can be difficult to tell. “We just don’t know,” he said. “Certainly, generally I tend to take internals, not necessarily with a grain of salt, but I put less confidence in them than with nonpartisan, unaffiliated polls just because internals are internals.” Brewer added part of the problem is Maine doesn’t have a lot of polling. He said he wouldn’t be surprised if Poliquin is leading, but his gut tells him it might be by a little less than 10 percent, WVII reported.