Will the Latest Herschel Walker Scandal Matter?

Nate Cohn: “It’s too soon to look to polling to judge the political fallout. So far, there has been only one survey fielded entirely since the allegations, covering only one day. That poll, an Insider Advantage survey, showed the Democrat Raphael Warnock up by three points, which does happen to be an improvement for Mr. Warnock compared with its prior poll. Mr. Walker led that one by four points. (State polling is infrequent, so it’s hard to say when we’ll get a better sense from the polls about how or whether the allegations have changed voters’ views.)”

“But regardless of what the next surveys say, I think my short answer to the familiar ‘will this matter’ question is ‘yes’ — or at least a version of ‘yes.'”