Archive for 2009
Pathway to the Governor’s Mansion in Minnesota, Part I: Political Experience
Overall, 79 percent of Minnesota’s governors (30 of 38) had some form of state government experience before becoming governor
Read MoreHow Supportive Are Minnesotans of Gay Rights?
Polling conducted by Pioneer Press / MPR found narrow pluralities of Minnesotans to oppose an amendment banning gay marriage in both 2004 (49 to 43 percent) and 2006 (47 to 40 percent)
Read MoreWill Minnesotans Ever Support Public Financing of a New Vikings Stadium?
In May 2009, a Rasmussen poll found 75 percent of Minnesotans against using taxpayer money to build a Vikings stadium
Read MoreMidwest Has Highest Per Capita Rate of Iraq War Fatalities and Casualties
Minnesota has 5th highest number of fatalities in the nation in 2009
Read MoreMinnesota Remains Obama’s Upper Midwestern Stronghold
Presidential nominees who have swept through Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin have won 23 of 27 elections since 1860
Read MoreAbsence Does Not Make the Heart Grow Fonder: Pawlenty Disapproval Rating Reaches All-Time High
Pawlenty’s periodic absences from a state decidedly not out of the woods of its economic and budget crises may be causing the Governor’s popularity to be taking a hit
Read MoreAre Klobuchar and Franken Exceeding Expectations? MN Senators Receive All-Time High Job Approval Marks
Klobuchar and Franken are enjoying their highest approval ratings since being elected in 2006 and 2008 respectively
Read MoreCould Pawlenty Win the Presidency Without Minnesota?
An analysis of the 56 presidential elections since 1789 found that all but two presidents carried their home state en route to victory
Read MoreWill Democrats Lose 20+ U.S. House Seats in 2010? A Counterpoint.
Two-thirds of the seats won by Democrats in 2008 (170, 66 percent) were won in landslide fashion, decided by more than 30 points over their Republican challengers
Read MoreHas Ron Paul Converted Michele Bachmann To Libertarianism?
The event was illuminating for Bachmann’s reaction to Paul’s speech – a public display by the Congresswoman regarding her positive and negative reactions to Paul’s unique brand of libertarian conservatism
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