Minnesota
What Will We Learn From the Minnesota U.S. Senate Primaries?
As several polls show a tight race between Norm Coleman and Al Franken heading into the Minnesota U.S. Senate primary, the campaigns – and the media – will be looking for clues as to which candidate is in the stronger…
Read More3rd CD: DFL Experiences Historical Bump in Presidential Election Years
Upon 9-term Republican U.S. Representative Jim Ramstad’s retirement announcement in 2007, the DFL knew Ramstad’s open 3rd CD seat would be a competitive race and a potential pick-up for the party in 2008. (The DFL is running Iraqi War veteran…
Read MoreTrust in Government Drops By Nearly Half In Minnesota Since 2004
As Minnesotans prepare once again to be at the heart of another competitive presidential election, the Gopher States’ view of government has eroded precipitously during the last four years. According to the latest Humphrey Institute / Minnesota Public Radio survey,…
Read MoreUpper Midwesterns Back McCain on Foreign Policy; Domestic Policy Mixed
A series of SurveyUSA polls across the Upper Midwest finds registered voters more confident John McCain can better handle foreign policy issues and immigration, while Barack Obama has the edge on health care. In a surprising turn, Obama ends up…
Read MoreWhy Dean Barkley Is Hurting Al Franken’s U.S. Senate Chances
A new U.S. Senate poll released today by the Humphrey Institute and Minnesota Public Radio finds Norm Coleman and Al Franken virtually deadlocked in the Gopher State’s U.S. Senate race. While Franken’s statistically insignificant 41 to 40 percent lead…
Read MoreHHH/MPR Survey: Obama Up By 10 in Minnesota
A new poll by the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute and Minnesota Public Radio was released today indicating Barack Obama still has the advantage over John McCain in the Gopher State. The poll, conducted over an 11-day period ending August…
Read MoreMcCain Nearly Even With Obama in New Poll of Minnesotans
SurveyUSA’s latest poll of likely voters in the Gopher State finds John McCain reaching his second highest level of support in more than a dozen polls conducted since late March 2008. McCain’s two-point deficit, 47 to 45 percent, is just…
Read MoreNumber of Undecided Voters Increasing in Minnesota Senate Race
In SurveyUSA’s new mid-August poll of the Minnesota U.S. Senate race, Norm Coleman has a 7-point advantage over Al Franken, 46 to 39 percent. The poll continues a trend over the last six weeks revealing there is a substantial number…
Read MoreObama Support Falls To Lowest Mark Against McCain in Rasmussen’s Minnesota Polling
As recent state polls across the country indicate a tightening of the presidential race in favor of John McCain, a new Rasmussen poll of 700 likely Minnesota voters finds support for Obama at its lowest margin to date across nine…
Read MoreWill GOP Controversy Put 16th Senate District In Play for the DFL?
Minnesota blogs have been buzzing in recent days in light of state Representative Mark Olson’s endorsement by the Republican Party for the special election in Senate District 16 held this November. The election is being held to fill Betsy Wergin’s…
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