Widespread among political pundits is a belief that election results in the upper left-hand corner of the U.S.Washington, Oregon, Idahoare strongly influenced by the public-v.-private-power issue, with a majority of voters favoring public power.
November's returns seemed to fit the theory: though all three states were engulfed by the Eisenhower landslide, three Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate (Washington's Governor Arthur Langlie. Oregon's Douglas McKay and Idaho's Herman Welker) lost out to pro-public-power Democrats.
Last week pundits got an electric shock. Reported Pollsters Louis Harris & Associates after surveying public opinion in western Washington for Puget Sound Power & Light Co.:
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