Inside the Numbers: New Polls in AG's Race

What's an election without some early political polling?

Public Strategy Associates, an Alabama-based political firm released a poll this morning. There are a number of interesting results, including Huckabee leading Sarah Palin in a key early Presidential poll. The part about Huckabee and the Presidential race turned into a national story in today's Politico in Washington which you can read here.

However, the interesting results for our purposes are within the AG's race. The tag-line is that Troy King and Luther Strange are running neck-and-neck, and that much is true. However, the trouble for Troy is that he is polling at just 27%. Strange, his opponent, has 24%, and a full 49% are undecided. If you think back to 2006 with folks like Gov. Riley on the ballot, support for the incumbent was a whole lot higher. It should certainly be unsettling for an incumbent who has served more than one full term to be polling at under 30% in terms of support.

The race to June is going to be an interesting one. Troy King can't consider this a great start, as an incumbent AG with an obviously superior bully pulpit.