What is the point of polling a bellwether town? I can see looking at its actual results when early results from the rest of the state may be disproportionately from one party's base region or another, but it's not like a poll is going to be a more reliable indicator than a poll of the whole state with the same margin of error.
I like Suffolk's bellwether polls. It serves as a check on normal statewide polling. And often, Suffolk will poll more than one bellwether town. The bellwethers, taken in the aggregate, are rarely wrong. When the dust settles, I will update my Senate PVI bellwether post to see how well the bellwethers worked. In the close races I watched, they didn't fail. Toomey took 3 of the 4 PA bellwethers; Kirk took Rock Island; Bennet won the 3 CO bellwethers, and Murray leads all 4 WA bellwethers - and the state.
Suffolk was right on the money calling Waltham a bellwether. Their CT bellwether polling was a bit off compared to actual results - perhaps due to bellwether selection.
