if that were the case then undecideds would be up and Begich and Walkers numbers would be far lower
I wouldn’t say that 12% is a small percentage of undecideds, especially if they lean Republican... but that’s kind of beside the point. Citing this poll as evidence for Dunleavy being a terrible candidate makes about as much sense as referring to Steve Pearce's internal polls in which he was "only" losing by 2 and 4 points, respectively, to prove that Lujan Grisham is a "terrible" candidate (which many people here actually did). I’m not saying that Dunleavy is a particularly good recruit, but the fact that he’s "only" led by 4-8 points in all three Democratic-leaning polls so far doesn’t make him a joke candidate. I personally think this race is a Tossup, perhaps with a slight R tilt. AK polls were pretty accurate in 2014, so it would be nice to get a non-internal poll here for once.