Archive for September 2009
Klobuchar’s Approval Rebounds While Senators Grassley, Harkin, Kohl, and Feingold’s Sink to Historic Lows
The latest round of SurveyUSA polling finds Minnesota U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar rebounding back into familiar territory, while many of her Upper Midwestern colleagues see their job performance marks sink to record lows and struggle to reach even a positive…
Read MoreA Profile of Minnesota’s Swing and Stronghold State Senate Districts
During the past three days Smart Politics has issued reports analyzing party strength in the state’s 134 House districts – including analyses on the state’s 40 swing districts, the 94 DFL and GOP stronghold districts, and the barriers the Republican…
Read MoreHow Many Minnesota House ‘Swing Districts’ Will Return to the GOP in 2010?
This week Smart Politics has issued two reports profiling the battle for the Minnesota House in 2010, first by documenting the barriers the GOP faces to cut into the the DFL’s 40-seat advantage, and then by highlighting the 94 ‘stronghold’…
Read MoreObama Approval Rating Holds in Minnesota, Plummets in Iowa and Wisconsin
Although Barack Obama’s approval rating has taken an (expected) hit in Minnesota since the beginning of his term, a hit all presidents endure, a new SurveyUSA poll finds Gopher State residents much more patient with the new Democratic president than…
Read MoreA Profile of Minnesota’s 94 DFL and GOP ‘Stronghold’ House Districts
In Monday’s first part in a series of reports looking ahead to the battle for the Minnesota House in 2010, Smart Politics outlined several significant hurdles the Republican Party faces to not simply make a long-shot run at taking back…
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