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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IMHO, the 16th won’t do a thing when the Constitution is not being followed.
Gov’t taxes on income to pay for WAY TOO many instances not authorized. But, does that seem to matter to anyone inside the beltway? Or the States?
Foreign Aid, New Deal programs, Dept of XYZ...each and everyone, and more, has NO basis even being whispered; let alone allowed and funded more and more each year
Hell, they could tax everyone to 100%, but that still wouldn’t = slavery to the Libs/judges.
Los Angeles and a few other cities are somewhat of an exception to the general rule, I admit, and obviously the weather is one of many factors in determining where liberalism festers. Perhaps liberals just like to move to areas which are cold, as the cold weather helps facilitate their anger and bitterness.
Covering CA specifically: look at any weather map, and you’ll see that temperatures in CA dramatically increase as you head east; conservatism similarly increases. The most conservative big city in CA is Anaheim, the most liberal city is the frigid San Francisco. (Remember, CA also gave us Reagan; with the exception of Alaska and perhaps Michelle Bachmann, the best conservatives seem to come from warmer climates.)
Here’s a chart of liberal and conservative cities, notice the correlation:
Mondale was from MN; Gore was the first favorite son not to carry his own state in a Presidential election. Romney was the second , if Massachusetts was truly his home state
...... missing among the IRSs internal emails are communications with Sens. Mark Udall, Mark Begich, Mary Landrieu, Al Franken, and a dozen other Democrats who received campaign contributions from the federal agencys union. Democratic senators who took campaign donations from the IRS union include Sens. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana who received $25,500, Al Franken of Minnesota with $5,000, and Mark Begich of Alaska. (Excerpt) Read more at thecoloradoobserver.com
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HEY, AL---WADDA YA KNOW ABOUT THIS? Hennepin County attorneys office is investigating whether a private mailbox center in Minneapolis Cedar-Riverside neighborhood has been improperly used as an address for more than 140 voters. State records show that 419 Cedar Avenue S. has been used by some of the voters as far back as 2008. [Ed.: In other words, since Al Franken's 2008 campaign.]
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MEMO TO FRANKEN VOTERS As far back as 2008, at the presidential debate in Nashville, Democrat candidate Obama advanced his signature plan that was ultimately enacted (by an historic straight Democrat party-line vote) into the "Affordable Care Act :
QUOTING OBAMA: "No. 1, let me just repeat, if youve got a health care plan that you like, you can keep it. All Im going to do is help you to lower the premiums on it. Youll still have choice of doctor. Repeated over and over by every Democrat----with the promise that every American would be saving $2500.00 on healthcare costs. Every Democrat enthusiastically chimes in, echoing the same false promises----lock-stepping party loyalty not seen since 1940's-era Europe.
Quoting Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn): "people who are happy with their current plan, wouldn't need to change it."
FRANKEN YOUTUBE SOUND BITE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCZmAYYNz8Ihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCZmAYYNz8I
So typical....the last refuge of a scoundrel...a woman's vagina.
Minnesota woman need to ask themselves"
Do you want Al Franken messing in your vagina?
39% approve, 53% disapprove.
Come on, Gore was hardly the first and Romney was hardly the second. In the 20th Century alone, Taft didn't take his home state in 1912, Wilson didn't take his home state in 1916, and none of FDRs opponents took their home states.
thanks.
I agree, people of this state are stupid. More foolish voting.
Minnesota election law requires that any person who signs an oath that they are eligible, MUST be given a ballot, even if state databases have records that show the person to be ineligible to vote.
MN law also instructs counties that all new Voter Registration Applications submitted on Election Day must be verified AFTER THE ELECTION.
After the 2008 election, more than 48,000 election day registrants were unable to be BERIFIED as eligible to vote. There was, and remains, no way to recall those votes.
According to court records, it was determined that at least 1,000 ineligible felons voted in the 2008 election that Al Franken won by 312 votes.
This all goes to show how corrupt Minnesota elections are and have been and will continue to be unless Minnesota Voters Alliance (MNVoters.org) can get more donations and conitnue to succesfully sue and win in court.
[Pioneer Press] . . .While Republicans were retaking the House, Dayton defeated Republican challenger Jeff Johnson, 50-45 percent, by piling up huge vote margins in the state's three largest DFL strongholds: Hennepin, Ramsey and St. Louis counties.
"Johnson carried most of the state's suburban and rural counties, but Dayton beat him 63-22 percent in Ramsey County, 62-32 percent in St. Louis County and 59-36 percent in Hennepin. The governor won by 110,000 votes because he carried those three counties by 185,000 votes."
Even in darkest Yankeeland, there is a glimmer of hope, in the three "M" states in that region electing Republican (though RINO) governors.
Verne Gagne country.
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