Posted on 10/11/2014 11:57:55 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
In almost every electoral cycle, Republicans feel they have a winning hand in Minnesota to turn the state red. And in almost every electoral cycle, their hopes get dashed. The GOP has not won a statewide electoral contest in Minnesota since Tim Pawlenty’s narrow re-election victory in 2006, and according to Survey USA’s latest poll, 2014 won’t break the pattern:
In Minnesota, one month to Election Day, incumbent Democrats Mark Dayton and Al Franken appear well positioned for re-election, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted for KSTP-TV in Minneapolis-St Paul. The victories do not reflect any larger love for Democrats nationwide. Barack Obama’s approval rating in Minnesota is Minus 14, with just 39% approving of the job he is doing as President.
In the Senate race, Al Franken leads today by 18 points, 55% to 37%. Compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll released 08/22/14, Franken is up 4 points, and Republican challenger Mike McFadden is down 5 points. Franken had led McFadden by 9 points, now twice that. In August, McFadden had led among men by 5 points. Today, Franken leads among men by 15 points, a 20-point swing to the DFL. In August, Franken and McFadden were tied among independent voters; Franken today leads by 17. In Northeast MN, McFadden in August had led by 2 points, now trails by 28 points. Franken’s job approval today is at its all-time high of 56%, unchanged from August 2014.
In the Governor race, Mark Dayton today leads by 11 points, 51% to 39%. Compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll released 08/22/14, Dayton is up a nominal 2 points, Republican challenger Jeff Johnson is down a nominal 1 point. Although at the highest level, the polling is stable, there is some offsetting movement in the sub-populations.
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I guess you can’t fix stupid. Some kiddies prefer clowns over grown up adults.
In a sane world Franken would be institutionalized.
I really don’t mind that the crazies are walking around loose...
I just wish they weren’t in charge!
Al Franken?
What IS in the water there, anyway?
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What the local GOP should do is ring up Former Speaker Tom Delay (recently aquitted of any wrongdoing) and offer him a temporary position in rallying the troops. Whoever is heading the Rep. party campaign in that state is not using all the bad Dem news at their disposal. In this sort of case, nice guys will finish dead last! Don’t keep being That Guy!
Well, if a fake pro-wrestler can be governor, why not?
The Liberals in Minnesota would vote for Charles Manson if he had a (D) behind his name.
I would say BOGUS. Except in 2012 we were given this type of report and it was scoffed at and called bogus by jerks like Karl Rove who screamed that the exit polls were bogus. He was, of course WRONG
RE: I would say BOGUS.
So, you’re saying Al Franken is going to lose?
LOL! I forgot about that. The Minnies might be lacking a little voter education.
Cold weather seems to destroy the reasoning faculty of the human brain, and consequently turns those subjected to it into liberals. Perhaps this is why liberals rant about global warming so much: if the warm weather gets to their heads, some rational ideas may also get into their heads, and they can’t have that!
It all started with FDR and the New Deal; MN people never could get enough of either.
The crazy thing is, Minnesota has the higher percentage of voter turnout. I just think the socialist/communist/class warfare mentality has really dug in, and a lot of greenies have moved in. I mean, I notice a lot of people moving in from Missouri (who tend to be liberal), Georgia (I don’t get that one), Illinois and many people coming in from the west. Is there a liberal advertisement someone telling them to come here to pad out the Democrat vote?
My particular county was blue in the last election, but like I said above, there has been an large influx of people I’ve never seen before, and many of them are state-dependent.
Do I have to spell it out—okay, I’m being racist.
Just the opposite. Our guys during the last cycle said reports like this were bogus and proven wrong. We are being outvoted by those who would get something for nothing(on the ones who work’s dime) and the uninformed voter.
It could be selective polling. During Clinton’s impeachment I was polled (they said it would take 5 to 10 minutes), but they obviously weeded me out after two questions before getting to the real subject of the poll.
Al Franken is in office because several groups of previously missed ballots mysteriously showed up during the recount and were all overwhelmingly for Franken. That said, is McFadden even campaigning? We don’t have TV in our home, but there have been no radio ads or even mailings here. I first heard of him when I saw him in a parade this summer, but other than an interview on Garage Logic, I haven’t heard about him since.
Same thing is happening here in Arizona. Demographic manipulation by the DemocRATS.
Our pastor is an election judge. During the last election he had people who were registered and had ID, but didn’t know the name on the ID nor did they speak English very well. The judges were still required to let them vote.
Pretty much says it all about the place, when even NY is on the right side of it.
It proves my thesis that United States is in the middle of the cycle of moving towards socialism. All one has to do is study history. Countries like Russia, China, Eastern Europe, India etc were also seduced by socialism. Soak the rich, fair distribution of wealth are the usual snake oil ingredients.
After 40-50 years of socialism most countries turned back towards capitalism. Russia has a flat tax. China has allowed creation of over a million new entrepreneur millionaires. India just elected a pro-capitalism prime minister.
Get used to more socialism for 20-25 more years before Americans wake up.
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