“I just don’t know anything about her,” said Sallie Wilson, a 71-year-old Wilmington retiree and registered Republican who wants to vote with her party but is having a hard time supporting O’Donnell. “I can’t believe that half the stuff they say about her is true because if it was she’d probably be in jail … but I just don’t know what she’s all about.”…

Among those is Ken Melvin, 67, from Wilmington, who described himself as a conservative tea party supporter who would have backed Castle but is now planning to vote for Coons. He said he’s attracted to O’Donnell emotionally and likes her youthful energy. But he wants to see more substance.

“What I’ve seen is she seems to be very naive,” he said. “I think she’s learning fast … but it’s like Sarah Palin: I just get the impression that she’s a wannabe that just can’t quite make it.”