Presidency
Can the DFL Win a Gubernatorial Election with a Democrat in the White House?
DFL / Democratic Party has won only 12 percent of gubernatorial races in state history with a Democratic President in Washington
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 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 MoreWhich States Do Presidents Come From? (Not Minnesota, Yet)
Ohio leads the way with seven presidents; New York has six
Read MoreHalf of Minnesotans Believe Pawlenty Will Be the 2012 GOP Presidential Nominee
Minnesotans are increasingly of the view that Governor Tim Pawlenty will win the Republican nomination for President in 2012
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 MoreIs Barack Obama the World’s President?
With Monday’s news conference in Guadalajara, Mexico with Mexican President Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, President Barack Obama continues to build on his record number of press conferences held outside of the United States….
Read MoreThe Honeymoon Is Over: Obama Approval Rating Drops to 51 Percent in Minnesota
After six consecutive months of notching approval ratings between 59 and 65 percent in the Gopher State, President Barack Obama’s job performance numbers haven taken a nose-dive in July, in not only Minnesota, but other key battleground states as measured…
Read MoreWhat Will Be the ‘Obama Effect’ on the 2010 Minnesota Gubernatorial Race?
The recent news of Barack Obama’s sliding approval ratings across key battleground states (e.g. Ohio, Virginia) as well as the nation (e.g. Gallup, Rasmussen) has raised the question as to what effect a potentially less popular (if not unpopular) President…
Read MoreObama Approval Rating Dips Below 60 Percent in Minnesota
It took nearly half a year, but President Barack Obama’s approval rating finally fell below the 60 percent mark in the Gopher State, according to the latest round of monthly polls conducted by SurveyUSA. Obama had previously notched an…
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