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Recent polls in several Senate battlegrounds point to the possibility of spoilers affecting the battle for control of the chamber next Congress. A Suffolk University/USA Today Network poll of likely Nevada voters that found Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto just ahead of Republican Adam Laxalt, and well within the margin of error, also showed a trio of minor candidates and Nevada’s “none of these candidates” option were combining to take 6 percent of the vote.
Then there’s Arizona, where an OH Predictive Insights poll released this week, which was in the field through the day of last week’s Senate debate, showed Republican Blake Masters trailing incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly by 13 points — but the poll’s more buzzworthy finding was an apparent surge in support for Libertarian Marc Victor, who polled at 15 percent.
