*** Attn: many votes still to be counted in AK, Senate race not over ***

[thesubstanceofdreams]

Per: www.fivethirtyeight.com. Lots of additional information in the comments.

"Although Ted Stevens holds a small lead in Alaska and is the favorite to retain his seat, the outcome is not as inevitable as it might appear to be. Stevens currently holds a lead of 3,353 votes, or about 1.5 percent of the votes tallied so far. But, there are quite a large number of ballots yet to count. According to Roll Call, these include "at least 40,000 absentee ballot, 9,000 early voting ballots, and an undetermined number of questionable ballots".

[justiceischeap]

1. Didn't the other guy poll much higher than Stevens?

And if Nate was the closest pollster in this election, I think he may be on to something.

[ShadowLiberal]

2. All republicans in Alaska performed 10%+ better then polls indicted

Read the article, there's several possible explanations for this that are discussed there.