Over at Bloomberg, Leonid Bershidsky writes โ€“ at least according to the headline โ€“ โ€I Saw the Future of Politics at an Evan McMullin Rallyโ€ and contends the independent candidate is offering โ€œconservatism for Millennials.โ€

We know McMullin is in the neighborhood of winning Utah. If, as Bershidsky suggests, McMullin is going to have a shot at Idaho and Wyoming, it would be good to have a poll or two conducted out there. As noted in todayโ€™s Morning Jolt, we have almost no polling of the presidential race in Idaho, and most years, that wouldnโ€™t be a big deal. Itโ€™s a deep red, heavily-Republican state. But this year, thereโ€™s at least an outside chance that the Gem State could be competitive.

McMullinโ€™s appeal isnโ€™t merely religious, but heโ€™s Mormon, and 60 percent of Utah residents are Mormon. About 24 percent of Idaho residents are Mormon, as well. McMullin has made multiple visits to the state, and heโ€™s on the ballot in Idaho. And Donald Trump got only 28 percent in the Idaho GOP presidential primary; Ted Cruz won with a bit more than 45 percent. So itโ€™s at least possible that there are a significant number of anti-Trump Republicans out there.

A poll in early September had Trump ahead, 44 percent to Hillary Clintonโ€™s 25 percent, with Gary Johnson at 19 percent and Jill Stein at 7 percent. McMullin wasnโ€™t even listed as an option. Maybe heโ€™s still in single digits. Or maybe heโ€™s seeing a surge like in Utah.

Could somebody call up a couple hundred likely voters in Utah check?

And while theyโ€™re at it, call a couple hundred Wyoming likely voters, too?

UPDATE: Ask, and you shall receive! โ€œA new Emerson College poll finds Donald Trump far ahead of Hillary Clinton in Idaho, 52 percent to 23 percent. Independent Evan McMullin is running a distant third, with 10 percent of the vote, and 9 percent are undecided.โ€