Posted on 10/13/2012 5:01:53 PM PDT by NoobRep
Key Findings: 1. The Romney-Ryan team is right in the thick of things in Minnesota.
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan trail Barack Obama and Joe Biden by just four points – 43% Romney/Ryan to 47% Obama/Biden in the Presidential race in Minnesota. While Minnesota is a Democratic state, the Romney/Ryan ticket’s 45%-32% lead over Obama/Biden among Independents makes the state competitive. Romney/Ryan lead 45%-42% among men, but trail 42%-52% among women.
2. While Obama’s image is decent overall, he has real problems with Independents. Romney’s image is 45% favorable/44% unfavorable, which is a little weaker than Obama’s 50% favorable/44% unfavorable image. However, among Independents, Romney has a huge advantage. He has a 50% fav/33% unfav image, while Obama is at a staggeringly bad 36% fav/49% unfav.
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Thanks, everyone. I am feeling a little bit better.
Thanks, everyone. I am feeling a little bit better.
Thanks, everyone. I am feeling a little bit better.
I’m familiar with Bemidji, but where is Mahnomen?
My formative years were in South Dakota, though I’ve been in MN for 27. I still don’t know where some small towns are located.
The U of Colorado EC modeling study also indicates that MN may be in play.
It is on the border south of Fargo.
Thanks. Got my geography lesson for the day. :)
Be still my heart! If I recall correctly, the man who formulated this model was on the Jason Lewis show. He’s been pretty spot on with his calculations.
I hear there is a big casino there now. It was mostly dirt roads back in the day...
Ah. That rings a bell now. Also about the real deal wild rice, I think known as Mahnomen porridge. Great stuff!
Yup. Apparently “Mahnohmen” is wild rice in the local Indian dialect.
While it’s true. There is a lot of metal in our water (my well water has scrap metal value) and there are some nice people here (Thank you, I’ll include myself) I am not so sure R and R could carry our state.
They will do very well in out state and outer ring burbs. But the inner city and Dulluth will pull Zero through. If that don’t work they have Mark Richie to lean on.
yes it is. Bachmann needs some help. The Dems are throwing everything they have at her.
Lena left her job as bar-maid when she married Ole and moved away. Sometime later, she returned to her old place of employment. When her former boss, Lars, saw that she had gained a lot of weight, he exclaimed, “Lena, you could play with the Green Bay Packers!”
Lena replied, “Ole’s packer is the only one for me!”
Do you think the Voter ID law has a hope in hell of passing -- and then being sustained by the courts?
I think we might get it done. The marriage amendment is getting a lot of traction and most will vote on both amendments.
Its the automatic NO vote when there is a undervote that bothers me.
Richie has to go though. He is a count um till they come out right kinda guy.
Yet we are to give credibility to a PPP OH poll showing Romney down five? Puh-lease. If he leads in NH (as last poll showed) and if he leads in NV (as one of the last two polls showed) and if he is pulling away in FL and VA, and now if he is tightening up MN, I don’t see any way he’s not solid in OH.
“But the inner city and Duluth will pull Zero through.”
I almost have to agree. Back in ‘04, I did a lot of volunteer work for the Bush/Cheney effort here in Minnesota. On Election Night, several of us were watching the numbers as they came in. We weren’t even looking at the Iron Range/Duluth area.
The numbers for Kerry/Edwards coming out of the inner cities and first-ring suburbs were astounding. I remember several people saying “My God, I don’t think we can over-come those numbers.” And we didn’t. Bush did well but didn’t win the state.
The PPP Ohio poll is utter dog squeeze. No way Obama is up 5 there and NO way early votes are 76 percent for him. The numbers you and Ravi post here prove that. Common sense proves it too.
We have them here, too.
All the programs they propose are funded from Federal, State and foundation grants. All carry small to respectable administrative allotments.
It’s a living.
Once all those amenities are in place, they serve to attract more of the same types. Some then get their Realtors License and profit off the sales of inexpensive real estate.
I have had out-of-towners happily tell me that this rural area is considered a *happening place*. The younger generation of locals are thrilled at the influx of *culture* and deny there was a culture here before.
On the positive side, our property prices are holding up well and most of us are confident we will be able to sell in order to downsize, ourselves.
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