A "Tie" to Politics…

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Despite Democrats being better off without Blagojevich in the headlines, Yepsen said the trial has had a much smaller impact on the party than he originally though. He said voters who chose to punish the party for Blagojevich’s actions had already made up their minds not to vote Democrat and few were swayed by the actual trial.

“This is not a voting issue for some people,” Yepsen said.

He said surprisingly Democrats have seemingly improved their positions in spite of the trial.