Did Palin Vote for Stevens?

TPM Election Central caught an interview with Gov. Sarah Palin as she exited her polling station in Wasilla, Alaska.

Who did she vote for in today’s U.S. Senate race?

I am also exercising my right to privacy, and I don’t have to tell anybody who I vote for. Nobody does, and that’s really cool about America also.

One of the big questions in her state is where Palin falls on the Sen. Ted Stevens issue. Palin has called for him to step down since his corruption conviction, but she hasn’t said she wouldn’t vote for him.

Leaders of the state Republican Party, including Alaska’s other senator, Lisa Murkowski, urged Stevens to stay in the race against Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich.

Many people following the situation assume Republicans are hoping Stevens will win, which will force a special election when the Senate forces Stevens out. This would be the party’s only shot at keeping the seat in the Republican column.

The most recent poll shows Stevens trailing Begich by eight points.

But as  Anchorage pollster Ivan Moore says, don’t count Stevens out because “weirder things have happened in Alaska.”