New Minn Poll: Kerry 49% *42% Nader 2%

[Thrill]

A new poll by St. Cloud State University shows Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is slightly ahead of President Bush in Minnesota.

The statewide poll released Wednesday shows 49 percent of likely voters surveyed favor Kerry, while 42 percent support Bush. Ralph Nader received support from 2 percent of those surveyed, according to a report in Thursday's edition of the St. Cloud Times.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/politics/10031987.htm

[kikiek]

1. Slightly? We are gonna kick his squatter butt out of the white house!

[nicktom]

14. Exactly, could not have said it better.

[blitzen]

2. "slightly"? hah!!!! n/t

[jefferson_dem]

3. Slightly ahead? Shit, 7 points is in feel-really-damn-good territory.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

4. "Slightly ahead"

Again, if it were Bush ahead by 7, he would be "far out ahead of Kerry."

[Proud2BAmurkin]

5. BAM

!!!

[Randi_Listener]

6. Fuck "slightly"

Fuckface has an ass hair 1% lead and is said to be trouncing Kerry. Fuck this dog felching media.

[AndyP]

12. you forgot

* will stick get his ass fucked with a rusty screwdriver.

[Doosh]

7. shhhh, don't tell FOX or Scarborough

slight lead? Kerry up by 7 with 5 games to go means Minnesota is out of reach for dimson.

[sonicx]

8. fuck the media! slightly my ass!!!!

[Quixote1818]

9. Minnesota has voted Dem since the begining of time.

Mike Dukacus (sp), carried this state along with his other two electoral votes. I was never worried about loosing it. Wisconsin and Iowa almost always vote Dem as well. I think they will come around in final days.

[elperromagico]

18. MN and DC were the ONLY ones going for Mondale in '84.

The rest of the country - yes, even Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Hawaii - went to Rappin' Ronnie Reagan.

MN has gone Dem in every election since 1976.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

26. Well, um.. yeah, Mondale was from MN.

and in '88 Duke carried MN, WI, and Iowa, besides a few other states.

[elperromagico]

27. New York, for one. He carried New York.

Also Massachusetts, of course. Came close in California too, IIRC.

[Guaranteed]

10. Thank you!

Geez...folks need to stop posting BS polls like the other one with Bush ahead and Nader with 5%.

[Doosh]

11. another poll that electoral-vote(for Bush).com can ignore

[Dudley_DUright]

13. I lived many years in MN

I am confident that MN is voting Dem this year. You can take it to the bank. I am a little worried about the state of my birth, WI, but I hope and expect that they too will get their shit together and vote Kerry on Nov. 2.

[Merlin]

15. What about the U of M poll that has * up by 3% ?

I hear what you're saying, but I value accuracy over polemics. What do you make of today's results of the U of M poll?

http://www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/csp/elections/MNSurvey.htm

October 27, 2004

University of Minnesota
Humphrey Institute Survey

President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry remain deadlocked in Minnesota, with third party candidates drawing the support of six percent of likely voters. Kerry is most hurt by support for Independent Ralph Nader and Libertarian Michael Badnarik, although some likely Bush backers are drawn to third party candidates as well.

....................Bush...Kerry...Nader.....Bedn...Other
Republicans.......92%......4%......2%......0.4%....1%
Independents....39%.....39%.....15%......1.1%....7%
Democrats.........4%.....88%......4%......1.5%....3%
Totals..............47%.....44%......5%......1%......3%

[fujiyama]

17. In all honestly

I don't think Kerry is up by 7 points in the state. It's probably a smaller lead of around 3-4%.

However, Nader simply will not get the same % of the vote he got in '00. If so, it proves the far left is completely and absolutely BRAINDEAD.

Also, I can't see Nader's share increasing as the election approaches...but the disturbing thing is that Nader is campaigning in those states and while the likleyhood is very low, that may be happening.

[MNEyeDoc]

19. Kerry will carry the state. Period.

There is a contingent of Nader supporters that will NOT vote for anything/anyone they see as a "sellout" to their cause, and to them, Kerry is as bad as *. Figure one to two percent of the vote--probably the largest Nader support (per capita) in the nation. Minnesota is a "Sure Thing" for Kerry, and you can take that to the bank. Talk to * supporters and you can sense the fear. They are resigned to losing.

FWIW, I am a lifelong MN resident.

[fujiyama]

20. Nice to hear that you are confident

It worries me so much that Kerry could win OH - the top prize, but still end up losing because of a Gore state that was really close (IA, WI, NM). I'm not as worried about MN as the others, but it does worry me a bit.

[sonicx]

22. this poll is garbage. if dems turn out the same as 2000

kerry wins...

2000 turnout =
36% Democrat
31% Republican
33% Independent

[LiberteToujours]

30. What the hell Republicans are voting for Nader??

Some of this polling is really bizarre.

[johnnyrocket]

16. That's MORE LIKE IT! Looks like a landslide...

in the making.

[Triana]

21. 7 points is a SLIGHT LEAD?

GOD these mediawhores are slutty. If it was bu$hit they'd call it a SOARING lead, for chrissakes.

[belle]

31. 7 points plus 2 for Nader, which he won't get; so it's really 8 or 9.

[Zuni]

23. 7 points doesn't make MINN look close at all

I doubt if it was ever seriously in play.

The Republicans barely beat old Walter Mondale in one of our worst years ever, 2002.

[vickie]

24. Why are none of the cable news blatherers referencing this poll?

[mzmolly]

25. Now that's more like it!

I just don't see * winning Minnesota ... :shrug: I live here and have never seen more enthusiasm for a candidate. :hi:

[Robeson]

28. How come when Kerry leads by 7 its a slight lead, but when....

...BushCo, Inc. leads by 7, its a national mandate to declare him as Czar?

[Zuni]

29. That is how it is done

[sandersadu]

32. 78-11

This is the most encouraging part of the poll.

People 18-24 picked Kerry 78-11.


78-11!!

78-11!!

[Technowitch]

33. Friggin' typical

Shrub is ahead by 2 points in some poll, and they say he has "a commanding lead".

Kerry leads by SEVEN, and they call it 'slightly ahead'.

And if Kerry leads by less than four, they call it "dead even."

I wonder if these idiots even read the words they're spewing.

[DeepModem Mom]

34. kick