Gallup Polls released US Senate results in five states today. Among the results was Pennsylvania, where the Democratic nominee is 18 points ahead of the Republican nominee. When one surveys recent polls for all US Senate races, one finds that there are eleven US Senate races that are far closer than Pennsylvania. The states with closer poll results, and the margin by which one candidate is leading another, are: Connecticut (2), Michigan (9), Minnesota (10), Missouri (6), Montana (3), Nevada (3), New Jersey (4), Ohio (6), Tennesee (6), Virginia (1), Washington (6).

Greens are running in seven of the eleven closest states, and Libertarians are running in six of the eleven closest states. Yet neither the major parties, not the press, has paid much attention to the Green and Libertarian nominees in those races. It is ironic that Democrats have focused so much hostility toward the Green Party for running in Pennsylvania, and so little attention to US Senate minor party nominees in other states.