Michele Bachmann's mean face

Michele Bachmann leads by nine in first public poll of MN-6

October 16, 2012

We’ve already seen two polls of Minnesota’s Sixth Congressional district race between Representative Michele Bachmann and Jim Graves. Both of those polls were of the internal variety, and both from the Graves campaign itself. Those polls showed a Michele Bachmann lead of five and than two points. The first public poll of the race, conducted […]

by Tony Petrangelo
Paul Thissen

Minnesota Generic Legislative ballot shows big DFL advantage

October 15, 2012

And what that could mean come November

by Tony Petrangelo
Rick Nolan

The Weekly Wrap 10-12

October 12, 2012

A post that would more accurately be titled something like “The State of Play in Minnesota’s Eighth Congressional district”

by Tony Petrangelo
Chip Pointing at Numbers

First public poll of MN-8 race shows a dead heat

October 11, 2012

And a few hints that Chip Cravaack may be in trouble

by Tony Petrangelo
Obama Klobuchar Franken

Minnesotans shrug off President Obama’s debate performance

October 10, 2012

And Amy Klobuchar expands her lead over Kurt Bills

by Tony Petrangelo
Vote NO on both Amendments

Plurality oppose the Marriage Amendment says new poll

October 9, 2012

And support for the Photo Voter ID Amendment is at a new low

by Tony Petrangelo
Rick Nolan

The Weekly Wrap 10-5

October 5, 2012

This week we learn that Minnesota Public Radio is out of the polling game and sometimes what looks like triage is in fact not triage

by Tony Petrangelo
Mike Trout

What does Mike Trout have to do with the Marriage Amendment?

October 5, 2012

Is the AL MVP debate like the marriage amendment debate?

by Tony Petrangelo
skewed graph

Skewed polls

October 2, 2012

The discussion of skewed polls and the unskewing of polls centers around partisan identification and what those partisan indentification numbers should be

by Tony Petrangelo
Erik Simonson

The Weekly Wrap 9-30

September 30, 2012

It was a good week for Minnesota Democrats. The Minnesota Supreme Court let them switch candidates in Duluth, and some excellent poll numbers came out

by Tony Petrangelo
Numbers

Partisan ID in polls

September 27, 2012

The release by the StarTribune of their latest Minnesota Poll sent various bloggers around the state into a tizzy over its partisan ID numbers

by Tony Petrangelo
Vote!

A new LeftMN feature, Election Resources

September 26, 2012

A discussion of the new LeftMN Election Resources page and the goodies contained within

by Tony Petrangelo