Poll: Klobuchar up by 2; DFLers lead Pawlenty
A new Rasmussen poll has been released showing Amy Klobuchar in a statistical tie with Bush lapdog Mark Kennedy. Meanwhile, Mike Hatch, Becky Lourey and Steve Kelley all lead over Tim Pawlenty in the governor’s race. Here are the numbers:
U.S. Senate- MN
Amy Klobuchar (DFL) 45%
Mark Kennedy (R) 43%
Ford Bell (DFL) 33%
Mark Kennedy (R) 44%
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Governor
Mike Hatch (DFL) 49%
Tim Pawlenty (R) 39%
Other Candidate 6%
Steve Kelley (DFL) 43%
Tim Pawlenty (R) 38%
Other Candidate 8%
Becky Lourey (DFL) 43%
Tim Pawlenty (R) 40%
Other Candidate 8%
U.S. Senate- MN
Amy Klobuchar (DFL) 45%
Mark Kennedy (R) 43%
Ford Bell (DFL) 33%
Mark Kennedy (R) 44%
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Governor
Mike Hatch (DFL) 49%
Tim Pawlenty (R) 39%
Other Candidate 6%
Steve Kelley (DFL) 43%
Tim Pawlenty (R) 38%
Other Candidate 8%
Becky Lourey (DFL) 43%
Tim Pawlenty (R) 40%
Other Candidate 8%
posted by U-DFL @ 5/11/2006 12:03:00 AM
6 Comments:
At 5/11/2006 02:43:00 AM ,
Anonymous said...
Don't the senate number seem a bit odd? Zogby had Bell over Kennedy by 4 or 5 points a month ago...what changed? Anything?
Also-the Rasmussen poll had Bush's approval rating at 41%. This is a good 5-10 points higher than any other poll I've seen.
Thoughts?
At 5/11/2006 10:24:00 AM ,
Anonymous said...
Rasmussen is a right leaning poll firm, so maybe take the numbers with a grain of salt.
Justin
At 5/11/2006 11:29:00 AM ,
U-DFL said...
Really? I always heard Rasmussen was a left leaning pollster. I remember him on the Daily Show before the '04 election talking about how Kerry was going to win.
-Noah
At 5/11/2006 11:56:00 AM ,
U-DFL said...
I thought that Zogby was on TDS before the election, not Rasmussen...
At 5/11/2006 12:35:00 PM ,
U-DFL said...
Rasmussen is a VERY conservative pollster; go to rasmussenreports.com and look for conservative bias. they commissioned a poll to ask people if they would still support PA-Sen. candidate Casey if they knew he was pro-life, and they ask all voters whether they think tax cuts help or hurt the economy; an issue that is very strong for republican perception. They have bush at 5-10 points higher than everyone else; their polling formulas have a disporportinate number of partisans, which affects independents influence; and independents are voting strongly democratic lately.
-Aaron
At 5/11/2006 05:59:00 PM ,
U-DFL said...
Also, remember the Governor polls are also a little misleading because they have to factor in the influence of a third party candidate. In this case, Hutchinson screwing up the election.
-Noah
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